A strong 974 mb low pressure system moved into the Bering and produced strong winds and high surf along the west coast on March 24th through March 26th. Water and ice pushed inland along the Yukon river near Kotlik.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
A strong 974 mb low pressure system moved into the Bering and produced strong winds and high surf along the west coast on March 24th through March 26th. Water and ice pushed inland along the Yukon river near Kotlik. The village of Kotlik experienced the most significant impacts. Reports of water rising and minor flooding in the village of Kotlik.
1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water and ice pushed inland along the Yukon river near Kotlik. The village of Kotlik experienced the most significant impacts. Reports of water rising and minor flooding in the village of Kotlik.
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