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Snowiest spot in Alaska gets new weather station to detect avalanches

VALDEZ, Alaska – A new weather station was recently installed above one of the main highways in south-central Alaska to protect drivers from avalanches. Known as the Richardson Highway, the road runs ...
Los Angeles Times

The National Weather Service issues Alaska’s first-ever heat advisory

ANCHORAGE — For the first time ever, parts of Alaska will be under a heat advisory — but you can put an asterisk at the end of that term. It’s not the first instance of unusually high temperatures in ...
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LIVE: Evacuation statuses downgraded, weather helps moderate fires throughout Alaska

Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have downgraded the state to Preparedness Level 3 (PL3) as of Wednesday morning.
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Alaska has traded weather with the northeast U.S. When will it reverse?

Residents of the northeastern United States know it's been colder than normal this month, but how cold has it been? Over the week of Jan. 5 to 11, Pittsburgh's temperatures have been most similar to ...
The New York Times

Alaska Weather Office Issues Its First Heat Warning

Forecasters said it might hit 85 degrees in Fairbanks this weekend. The Weather Service has changed how it issues warnings there. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. The ...
USA Today

Town in Alaska won't see the sun for two months as it enters polar night

The northernmost town in America is about to experience several weeks of darkness. After getting 30 minutes of daylight, the town of Utqiaġvik, Alaska – formerly known as Barrow – saw its final sunset ...
New York Post

National Weather Service issues Alaska’s first ever heat advisory

For the first time ever, parts of Alaska will be under a heat advisory — but you can put an asterisk at the end of that term. It’s not the first instance of unusually high temperatures in what many ...