ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A powerful storm sweeping north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A powerful storm sweeping north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for higher ground.The force of the water moved some homes off their foundations, and one house in Nome floated down a river until it got caught at a bridge.
'We've had flooding in the past a few times, but it was never this severe,' she said. 'We've never had homes moved from their foundations.'There were also reports of flooding in Hooper Bay, St. Michael's, Unalakleet and Shaktoolik, where waves crashed over the berm in front of the community, Plumb said.In Hooper Bay, more than 250 people took shelter inside the school, Bethel public radio station KYUK reported.
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