Powerful Storm Hits West Coast of Alaska

Video with raw footage of the Alaskan super storm to hit the west coast on November 9, 2011.
November 9, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6SbZrp8b3k

November 9, 2011
In nearly 40 years a powerful storm with snow and hurricane-force winds hits western Alaska on Wednesday November 9th battering coastal communities and forcing residents to evacuate to higher ground as power has been knocked out and roofs have been ripped up. As the storm was approaching residents and emergency responders braced themselves for possible sea water surges into the coastal communities. Water has already reached four Native villages including Tununak and Kipnuk. So far no reports of injuries, and damages are mainly windows blown out and torn up roofs along with scattered power outages. Highest wind gust recorded for this storm was 85 mph hitting Wales at the western tip of the Seward Peninsula. The community of Nome with one of the biggest coastal communities of about 3,600 people had wind gusts of about 61 mph and power outages for several hours. Residents along Front Street located less than 100 feet form the seawall protecting the town from the Bering Sea were asked to evacuate to higher ground for a night prior to the storm hitting.
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