Coastal communities in Northwest Alaska were experiencing high winds Thursday and bracing for more flooding as a new storm system hammers the region.
The highest gusts reported so far were 90 mph at Cape Lisburne — an exposed point jutting into the Arctic Ocean north of Point Hope — and at about 2,000 feet elevation in the Brooks Range, where a 96 mph gust was recorded early Thursday, according to Bobby Bianco, a Fairbanks-based meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Winds were expected to start dying down Friday afternoon.
In Point Hope, Steve Oomittuk said he lost some roofing and had to tie down his stove oil tank. But others didn’t get the chance.The wind destroyed one of the first homes built in Kivalina, according to Frances Douglas. The house, which was uninhabited, belonged to her grandfather. Water levels in some places could peak 4 or 5 feet above normal high tide before diminishing Saturday, he added.
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