Lightning strikes seen Monday in Cook Inlet and on the Kenai Peninsula were heading toward South Anchorage, a meteorologist said.
In Anchorage, the temperatures forecast for this week won't come close to breaking any city records, Ahsenmacher said. But they are a departure from years of mild winters that rarely saw temperatures below zero.
The Bering Sea island is breeding habitat for millions of seabirds, including rare migratory species. A “strike team” had been searching for the rogue rat for 10 months.
“You could take your sailboat and sail from Dillingham all the way to Little Diomede and never see much more than an ice cube.
The city is so parched and hot that even a cigarette tossed into a pile of fluffy cottonwood fiber could ignite a fire.
The latest update put the Swan Lake fire’s size at 23,530 acres.
“It started breaking into pieces beneath us,” said Phillip Rode.
In Southcentral Alaska, wasps seem to be everywhere. One Anchorage clinic has seen more than 250 sting patients this year.
Why did the sea lion cross the road? Scientists don't know yet.
The storm that walloped Southcentral Alaska also left about 32 inches of snow in Moose Pass and 30 in Seward.
The highway remained closed north of Willow after the fire jumped the road Sunday, authorities said. The fire started Saturday afternoon when wind blew a tree onto a power line.
State transportation workers found wet ground may have contributed to the small landslide, despite the lack of recent rain.
The fish, likely former aquarium pets, have attracted the attention of invasive-species managers.
City park staff have set up barriers in hopes of encouraging passersby to stay far away. Potential fixes could include putting up a wall and relocating the bike path or road.
One reading on the Hillside clocked winds reaching 91 miles per hour. The day saw reports of property damage, road closures and downed power lines.LEO Note: According to Rick Thoman of NWS, these are unusually high winds for April.
Michael Soltis’ death is the second fatal bear attack in the Anchorage municipality in two summers.
Seismologists called the quake the most significant in the state’s largest city since 1964, in terms of how strong the ground itself shook.
The red king crab that wasn't red appeared in Nome on Fourth of July.
Ice in the north Bering Sea is diminishing, researchers aboard a Coast Guard ship report.
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