Starting Wednesday, October 6, a storm pattern from Russia began to reach the island of Wrangell and the Chukchi sea, bringing storm surges.
The National Weather Service is advising those in the affected area to stay in their safe spaces and monitor conditions.Jonathan Chriest, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks, explained, “We have reports of water over the old runway at Golovin. We also have a report that the roof on the NANA building at Kivalina was damaged, and we have reports of a roof at Point Lay being damaged.
He said, “The highest water for this storm is going to mainly be from tonight through tomorrow evening. However, we’re still expecting the water to stay high through the day on Saturday.” The storm is expected to last two more days, and weaken as it makes its way further north toward the arctic.
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