Evacuations are underway, with helicopters and boats trying to reach stranded communities. More than 100 more people are missing, the country’s disaster management center says.
Weather
Ask a Climatologist: The early arrival of ‘peak summer’ in Alaska
If you imagine a chart, ‘peak summer’ is the top of the annual temperature curve or the warmest part of the year. In Interior Alaska, that peak happens much earlier than most of the rest of the country.
Coast Guard rescues 2 kayakers off Alaska’s southern coast
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued two kayakers who were near an island off the coast of southern Alaska and became separated as the weather deteriorated. The Guard says in a news release that two MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews rescued the kayakers near Chichagof Island Saturday evening. The Guard says…
At Anchorage high school, a student meteorologist delivers the forecast
Jack Pellerin, 14, is one of the first voices the students at Anchorage’s Bartlett High School hear in the morning. Each day at 7:30, Pellerin serves as the school’s resident weather reporter, letting all the students know what they should be expecting in the skies over Anchorage.
Ask a Climatologist: Sizing up Alaska’s Summer
The outlook for June, July and August is for warmer than average temperatures for most of Alaska.
Ask a Climatologist: Alaska wins the daylight prize
In Utqiaġvik, the summer is longer than the winter by several weeks. The community has 84 days with 24 hour sunlight and only 65 days with no sunrise in winter.