"A giant Bering Sea storm with hurricane-force winds roared up the western Alaska coastline Wednesday, sending waves over storm barriers, knocking out electricity, flooding parts of some villages and leading to evacuations. But as of Wednesday evening, officials had heard no reports of injuries nor massive damage."
"There were reports of buildings damaged, roads under water and major beach erosion, and authorities emphasized Wednesday night that the worst hadn't necessarily passed, with water still rising in some communities and warnings still in effect through this morning.
In Nome, the largest city in the path of the storm, peak water levels arrived at about 6 p.m. and began a slow decline, the National Weather Service said."
Kyle Hopkins, Casey Grove and Mike Dunham report for the Anchorage Daily News November 9, 2011.
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SEE ALSO:
"'Snowicane' to Rev Up Pacific Northwest Storm Train" (Scientific American)
"A New Breed of Alaskan 'Hurricane'" (Mother Jones)
"Bering Sea Storm: Has Global Warming Made Alaska More Vulnerable?" (Christian Science Monitor)
"Western Alaska Villages Dealing With Rising Water" (KNOM/NPR)
"Stop Pretending It’S Not Climate Change" (Salon)
"Powerful Storm Pummels Western Alaska" (New York Times)
"Western Alaska Villages Fear Storm Erosion" (KTUU-TV)
"Alaska Natives Brace for Epic Storm Surge" (Indian Country)
"Alaska Faces Severe Storm With Less Ice To Protect Its Coasts" (ClimateWire)
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