Communities face hardship after strong low pressure systems impacts Alaska's west coast.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A strong low pressure system hit the west coast of Alaska on Friday impacting many communities with floods and high winds.
The storm has had major impacts along Alaska’s west coast where communities along a 1,000 mile coast faced the impacts of the storm. Sea water levels rose to varying levels with the highest rise being 18 feet above the normal tide line. The highest winds experienced by communities were over 90 miles an hour.
Noting the size and severity of the storm, which stretches a distance that is about equivalent to the distance between Idaho and Illinois, Plumb said, “this is the biggest storm that we’ve seen on that southern Seward Peninsula coastline in the last 50 years or more.”
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