Ayaprun School Fire

Early fall weather conditions brought on an extreme storm surge in a Norton Sound community.

Series of storms contribute to flooding, erosion, infrastructure damage.

Sinkhole appears along road

Coastal erosion potential threat to community sewage lagoon.

The runway, built in 1958, is over-top of permafrost and frozen soils.

Permafrost thawing causing bridge damage.

At least 50,000 homes and businesses lost power late Tuesday, and outages continued through Wednesday.

We performed a survey of community water lines to see how permafrost thaw and sinking foundations may be impacting homes, water and waste water systems. During the June visit we saw where foundation sinking was putting stress on pipe runs and junctions. Now in the winter we see evidence of freeze up in some of the homes where the junction boxes have been compromised, gaps in the insulation seal, and resulting freeze up and overflow of water.