Remnants of a typhoon brought the most intense storm ever recorded in the Bering Sea for September.
A submurged house beneath the Snake River bridge in Nome, Alaska. Photo: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilitieswas reeling Monday from the most intense storm ever recorded in the Bering Sea during the month of September brought hurricane force winds and record high storm surge flooding along the coastline.
Because the storm hit in September, there was no nearshore ice to protect communities in the low-lying western coast from the full wrath of high waves and storm surge flooding. Social media images showed entire communities inundated, and in one case, a house stuck under a bridge after it floated downriver in Nome, the endpoint of the Iditarod sled dog race.While floodwaters were receding, an official with Alaska's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management told the
the true extent of damage to property and infrastructure along some 1,000 miles of coastline may not be known for days.that damage assessment would begin on Monday, with Alaska Guard members activated and increasing in number throughout the week.
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