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Heavy snowfall for Southcentral Sunday and Monday.

Heavy snowfall around Southcentral Alaska has canceled classes and closed buildings in Anchorage and the Mat-Su.

New daily record high temperatures and precipitation totals set on December 2, 2022.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory on Sunday for freezing rain that is expected to fall from the Susitna Valley to the Western Kenai Peninsula.

The annual Leonid meteor shower will peak early Friday morning with a rarity — a mostly clear sky for much of Alaska.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook the Anchorage area on Thursday afternoon.

High Wind Warnings for Saturday were allowed to expire at 7 p.m.

Meteorologist Joe Bartosik looks into what went well and what challenges existed with forecasting and communicating Typhoon Merbok's impacts.

The evidence of the remains of typhoon Merbok is widespread throughout Hooper bay, but as the village works to repair the damage and rebuild, the city and tribal leaders are looking ahead to prepare for future storms and future generations.

An atmospheric river dropping large quantities of rain on Southeast Alaska has water levels on regional rivers and streams running high, and more wet weather hits over the weekend.

In Hooper Bay, winds reached over 80 mph and the storm surge was the highest anyone in the village had ever seen.

First significant snowstorm for Copper River Basin and Thompson Pass creates difficult travel conditions Wednesday evening through Thursday.

The National Weather Services issues flood advisories for Anchorage and Moose Creek Sunday

Power outage in the area of Omalley and Huffman Saturday morning.

Thursday’s announcement increased the level of federal funds to 100% of the “total eligible costs for the first 30 days of the incident period.”

Since early Sunday two to four inches of rain as fallen across much of Southeast, Alaska with another one to three inches likely in the next 12 to 18 hours. The heavy rain is falling on already saturated soils, leading to landslides reported in Juneau and in Haines. Several rivers and streams are also exceeding their banks.

With low pressure slowly spinning over Bristol Bay, waves of moisture continue to flow northward from the Gulf of Alaska into Southcentral.

At over 20 inches of precipitation this year, Anchorage is just over 7 inches away from the wettest year on record.

As the water clears, the work to clean up the mess and fix the damage a historic storm created is getting underway in Nome.

Members of Joint Task Force Alaska have been called into action to assist residents with the next stage of recovery from the destruction caused by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok.

It’s now been more than 72 hours since the remnants of a typhoon smashed into Western Alaska, but the damage and destruction is still being uncovered.

State officials on Sunday shared some of their plans for responding to the effects of the storm that pummeled the west coast over the weekend.

Flood Watches issued for the Copper River Basin and eastern Prince William Sound locations including Valdez and Cordova through late Wednesday night.

Four year strategy outlines how the agency can help better prepare native tribes for disasters beforehand and receive disaster assistance funding afterward.

The plume of ash reached heights that remained below 20,000 feet

Meteorologist Joe Bartosik talks to a local expert to see if the meaning of fireweed folklore matches up with this year's fireweed growth and color.

Details on the weekly "Drought Monitor" as Southcentral sees big reduction of drought conditions following recent stretch of rainfall .

Chugach Electric Association reported just over 2,800 people were without power at 11 a.m., a number that grew to just over 4,000 around noon.

The mayor of the Denali Borough said on Friday that the blaze has come within approximately a half mile of the Parks Highway, which is still open.

Officials said the situation in the Kobe Ag subdivision became severe enough to necessitate evacuations for crews to keep them safe.