A storm that caused damage and flooding in coastal Northwest Alaska has died down, with water levels dropping in communities from Utqiaġvik to Point Lay. The weather service is monitoring another storm likely moving south out of the high Arctic on Tuesday.
After the water rose in Utqiagvik, the road near Top of The World hotel was impassable on Friday morning, when this photo was taken. On Saturday, elevated water levels had dropped significantly.
“This storm is done causing impacts to the Arctic coast into the Chukchi Sea region,” Jonathan Chriest, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said Saturday afternoon. “It’s a beautiful day out,” said Billy Adams, reached at home in Utqiaġvik by phone Saturday. “The storm is over but the work is just beginning.”y, including at the Sadie Neakok playground and the outdoor area where the city holds its annual whaling feast. A photo by Nelda Nungasak taken Friday morning showed white-capped waves bearing down on flooded Stevenson Street, a main road that parallels the water’s edge, as if the Arctic Ocean were moving inland.
A couple buildings on lower ground were still surrounded by water, he said, expressing concern about some homes near the beach in an area with significant erosion. He said that some of the water that overflowed into the lagoon had subsided Saturday.
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