Leads appeared following a warm storm, in areas with usually stable, shorefast ice. The leads separate many crabbers from their pots, and are illustrative of how Norton Sound's recent erratic sea ice patterns are altering subsistence opportunities and patterns.

Snow may have fallen at the lowest elevation ever observed in the state.

The state rail company VR has said that it will substitute buses on some of the cancelled rail trips.

'This year especially there's been lots of reports of thin ice and open water in places where there hasn't been in previous years,' said James Connor of the Klondike Snowmobile Association.

When the green water is here, its dangerous to travel straight across the Lagoon to White Mountain. In the past we took the land route, cross on Kitchavik river and on up over land to White Mountain.

Authorities warned that drivers should use caution in the area due to the potential for additional rockslides.

For safety dogs and mushers will be trucked from Braeburn to Carmacks.

Normal ice build up not occurring. It seems like the ice along the shoreline is not moving into the river.

Wednesday night’s storm in North Iceland brought exceptionally warm air and extreme wind conditions. The small village of Borgarfjörður eystri, in the north of the East Fjords, suffered damage that included asphalt blowing off a paved road surface.

It has been a month since the 7.0 earthquake in Anchorage. Are these sinkholes which suddenly appeared related?

Damage assessment underway due to fallen trees, hanging debris

Record wind speeds have been clocked in southern maritime districts as a storm dubbed Aapeli causes widespread power cuts and train delays across Finland.