No fatalities, injuries or missing persons have been reported so far, according to state officials monitoring the Western Alaska strom. In Nome, the mayor described submerged streets but said he thinks they're nearly through the worst of the flooding.
Saturday that “the surge we’ve seen at Nome has actually surpassed the superstorm of 2011 and also the great storm of 1974 that impacted the southern Seward Peninsula coast.”
An unoccupied house belonging to an elderly couple and used primarily for storage had dislodged and floated down the Snake River before getting wedged against a bridge. Handeland said he’s been in contact with Alaska’s congressional delegation and state officials. Though a few fuel tanks, containers and a gold dredge had gotten loose as the town’s small-boat harbor got covered with flood water, overall Nome was well prepared for the event.
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