Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Powerful storm damages roofs in Nome, Alaska


Anchorage, Alaska - Police in Nome report roof damage to homes, but other than a small town in Alaska, seems to be doing it through a huge storm sweeping the west coast of the state.
The Liaison Officer Zane Brown says the height of snow and strong winds blow at about 2 am, he said Nome continues to prepare for a possible wave of the Bering Sea at high tide later in the morning, but until that damage is minimal.
Brown said a voluntary evacuation of residents moved from the coast of businesses and homes to a shelter in the center of the community and the church.
Head of Planning, Mark Roberts of the state emergency operations center tells KTUU-TV that the west coast of the community reporting isolated power and communications interruptions.
But he says it's too early for a full picture of damage.

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