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Six, Including Pilot, Killed in Crash of Alaska Sightseeing Plane
Six people were killed on Thursday when a sightseeing plane crashed in a mountainous area of southeast Alaska, officials said, leaving no survivors. The craft had been ferrying five cruise passengers from a Holland America Line ship stopping in the (...)

06 - 08 - 2021
Alaska's hottest month portends transformation into 'unfrozen state'
July 2019 now stands as Alaska's hottest month on record, the latest benchmark in a long-term warming trend with ominous repercussions ranging from rapidly vanishing summer sea ice and melting glaciers to raging wildfires and deadly chaos for marine (...)

09 - 08 - 2019
Air quality plummets as wildfire smoke hits Alaska's most populous cities
Smoke and soot from central Alaska wildfires have afflicted the subarctic city of Fairbanks with some of the world's worst air pollution in recent days, forcing many residents indoors and prompting one hospital to set up a "clean air shelter." Fine (...)

10 - 07 - 2019
Trump administration declares emergency in violence-plagued rural Alaska
US Attorney General William Barr on Friday declared a public-safety emergency in rural Alaska and pledged $10.5 million in federal funds to combat some of the nation's worst rates of sexual assault, child abuse and other violent crimes. Barr's (...)

29 - 06 - 2019
Tsunami Threat Lifted After Powerful Alaska Earthquake
Tsunami warnings along the Pacific coasts of the United States and Canada were cancelled Tuesday after a major early-morning earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck shortly after midnight in the Gulf of Alaska, (...)

23 - 01 - 2018
The Latest: Magnitude-6.3 aftershock shakes Canada, Alaska
The Latest on a series of earthquakes on the boundary of Canada and Alaska (all times local): 7:45 a.m. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.3 aftershock has shaken the corner of British Columbia, near the boundary with Alaska, nearly two (...)

01 - 05 - 2017
Volcano in Alaska Aleutian Islands Erupts Again
A volcano on a remote island in Alaska's Aleutian chain has erupted again, prompting an aviation alert. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the Bogoslof (BOH-goh-slawf) volcano sent an ash plume about 20,000 feet in the air by early Friday (...)

30 - 12 - 2016
Missing Plane Likely Crashed into Alaska Lake
A small airplane ferrying a father and his two teenage children to Anchorage presumably plunged into an expansive Alaska lake shortly after taking off from a nearby rural community, officials said Friday. No bodies have been found, but items (...)

10 - 12 - 2016
Moderate Quake Felt in Southwest Alaska
A moderate earthquake was felt by residents in southwest Alaska Saturday afternoon, but there have been no immediate reports of damage, AP reported. The Alaska Earthquake Center says the temblor had a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 and it was located (...)

13 - 11 - 2016
Ships rescue 46 people from sinking boat off Alaska islands
Two ships brought 46 people to safety after they abandoned their sinking fishing boat and boarded life rafts off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, AP reported. There were no reports of any injuries as the good Samaritan vessels rescued the crew members (...)

27 - 07 - 2016
Shell Relinquishes Offshore Leases in Chukchi Sea
Royal Dutch Shell said that it will relinquish all but one of its U.S. offshore leases in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast. Shell spokesperson Curtis Smith said in an email that the move is consistent with the company's decision in (...)

11 - 05 - 2016
2 stuck on Alaska glacier for days rescued in good condition
Rescuers on Tuesday picked up two skiers stranded on an Alaska glacier for four days, and the experienced outdoor enthusiasts were in good condition after braving fierce winds and snow by digging a snow cave for shelter, according to AP. A break in (...)

13 - 04 - 2016
Alaska volcano ash cloud covers 400 miles, cancels flights
Strong winds on Monday pushed an ash cloud from an Alaska volcano into the heart of the state, grounding flights and limiting travel to western and northern communities off the road system. But hours later, officials downgraded the volcano alert (...)

30 - 03 - 2016
Volcano erupts in southwest Alaska; sends ash 20,000 feet
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a volcano on Alaska's Aleutian Islands erupted Sunday afternoon and sent ash 20,000 feet into the air, AP reported. The agency says the Pavlof Volcano, which is about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, erupted (...)

28 - 03 - 2016
Magnitude-6.8 Earthquake Hits Alaska
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake knocked items off shelves and walls in south-central Alaska and jolted the nerves of residents in this earthquake-prone region. But there were no immediate reports of injuries. The earthquake struck about 1:30 a.m. Alaska (...)

24 - 01 - 2016
4 people missing after landslides in southeast Alaska
AlQa'dah 04, 1436, August 19, 2015, SPA -- Four people were missing in a southeast Alaska town Tuesday after landslides prompted by heavy rain, emergency responders said, AP reported. Search and rescue personnel were looking for the missing people (...)

19 - 08 - 2015
4 people missing after several landslides in Alaska
AlQa'dah 04, 1436, August 19, 2015, SPA -- Four people were missing Tuesday from a neighborhood in the Alaska coastal town of Sitka after heavy rain caused several landslides and flooded homes, emergency responders said, according to AP. The (...)

19 - 08 - 2015
Scientists Record Explosion at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano
An explosion Tuesday morning rocked Alaska's Cleveland Volcano but scientists have detected no ash cloud that could threaten jets crossing the Pacific Ocean, AP reported. Scientists as the Alaska Volcano Observatory recorded an explosion at the (...)

21 - 07 - 2015
Scientists record explosion at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano
The Alaska Volcano Observatory says underground activity is increasing at Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutians Islands, according to AP. The observatory recorded an explosion at the volcano at 8:17 a.m. Tuesday, but no ash has been detected. Ash above (...)

21 - 07 - 2015
Southern Alaska shaken by deep 5.8-magnitude earthquake
An earthquake about 70 miles deep struck in the mountains of southern Alaska on Wednesday and could be felt hundreds of miles away, UPI quoted geology officials as saying. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred at about 2:30 p.m. local time Wednesday (...)

25 - 06 - 2015
Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Alaska Coast
A strong earthquake has struck in a remote region off the coast of Alaska and officials say there is no tsunami threat or immediate report of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.7 quake was centered in the ocean about 35 miles (...)

29 - 05 - 2015
Computers replace humans reading weather reports
Two outpost offices of the National Weather Service in Alaska are finally ending what has been a bygone practice for most of the nation for almost two decades - using real human voices in radio forecast broadcasts, AP reported. The Nome and Kodiak (...)

13 - 06 - 2014
Plane crash in W. Alaska, 4 reported aboard
A plane crash near the remote western Alaska village of Saint Marys killed four of the 10 people aboard, including an infant boy, an Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman said Saturday, according to AP. The pilot and three passengers died in the Friday (...)

30 - 11 - 2013
Mosquito invasion strikes Alaska as state runs low of control supplies
A severe mosquito invasion in south-central Alaska has led to a run on mosquito control products in local stores, UPI quoted Anchorage retailers as reporting. Although anecdotal evidence abounds about the severity and size of the state's summer (...)

19 - 06 - 2013
Alaskan town flees as major flood waters rise
Floodwaters pushed higher in a remote Alaska town Wednesday, lifting homes off foundations and threatening to breach a dike protecting the airport, virtually the only dry spot left, AP reported. Responders said most residents of Galena were (...)

29 - 05 - 2013
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