The haze is expected to subside by the middle of next week, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said.
The fish, likely former aquarium pets, have attracted the attention of invasive-species managers.
It’s not dangerous at this point to drive on the Sterling Highway, though smoke may reduce visibility.
NOAA has declared an “unusual mortality event” for gray whales on the North American west coast and launched an investigation.
The snowfall came after Anchorage broke the daily record for warmest Dec. 31, with temperatures at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport measuring 46 degrees.
That hurts coastal communities that hunt on the ice. But colder weather may be coming, at least to some portions of Alaska. Ice should be hugging the coast near the village of Gambell, perched on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, said Mayor Susan Apassingok, on Tuesday. But ice isn't there.
In villages like Kongiganak, communities have stopped burying their dead because, as the permafrost melts, the oldest part of their cemetery is sinking.
The worst-hit areas appear to be established neighborhoods with older spruce trees, especially in Turnagain and Spenard.
Akiak City Administrator David Gilila says the village is in danger of becoming an island in the Kuskokwim River.
Rockfall along the Seward Highway near Beluga Point has been happening since wind and rain battered the area earlier this week.
The rehabilitation center in Seward doesn’t usually get bearded seals, which live much farther north.
Snow may have fallen at the lowest elevation ever observed in the state.
Black bears have taken over a Juneau arboretum, shut down a fish-cleaning facility in Cordova and added to an unusually high year of bear kills in Anchorage, prompting one wildlife authority to call this summer the "craziest" year of bear encounters he's seen.
A Fish and Game biologist urges people to give the animals space.
Avalanche monitors say danger remains high in Turnagain Pass, Girdwood and Portage.
The dog’s owner waded waist-deep into Taku Lake and was bitten on his hand while pulling the husky-mix away from the river otters,.
After he lost the trail, Jeff King stopped his dog team and draped his sleeping bag over his head to block the battering wind and blowing snow. He was somewhere between the villages of Ambler and Shungnak in the Kobuk 440 Sled Dog Race. Conditions ranged from howling to furious. King lay down with his team. He cuddled a dog named Twister and tried to sleep. That’s when a flaw in the plan rattled his bones. The work of getting there had caused him to sweat, dampness worsened by blowing snow that found its way inside his clothing.
The pumice blob has the potential to deposit new, healthy coral around the badly damaged Great Barrier Reef, scientists say.
A tsunami warning was issued for areas along the Alaska Peninsula coastline following the 7.4 earthquake, which was centered 62 miles from Sand Point. In this post, you can find links to the US Tsunami Warning Centers, as well as information on creating home emergency kits during COVID. We hope everyone stays safe as this event unfolds, and welcome observations of conditions along the Alaska Peninsula.
“It was a beautiful event that we were lucky to have survived,” Andrew Hooper said.
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