Anchorage Daily News9d
Unusual March wildfire danger prompts early start to Alaska burn permit season
State fire officials will begin requiring burn permits in much of Southcentral and Southeast Alaska as of March 17 under an ...
Anchorage Daily News11d
An ‘exceptional’ warning for Alaska: wildfire danger in early March
The Boise, Idaho-based center issued the warning Monday in a monthly outlook. A map of the area includes Anchorage, Mat-Su and the Kenai Peninsula as well as Bristol Bay, Kodiak, the Aleutian Islands ...
What is Mount Spurr? What to know about the Alaska volcano that could erupt soon
This yellow status means the volcano is exhibiting signs of "elevated unrest" compared to its usual activity, indicating that ...
Hosted on MSN10d
Fires are burning throughout U.S. Here’s where there’s greater risk.
The heightened risk is expected to spread this spring into parts of Alaska, Southern California, Nevada and southwest ...
Alaska Public Media1d
Anchorage saw least snow on record from November to February
Sure, several inches of the white fluffy stuff blanketed the city this week. But coming off two very snowy, record-breaking ...
Frontiersman5d
Lack of snow prompts early start to official fire season in Alaska’s southern regions
Responding to the lack of snow across Southcentral Alaska and other regions, state officials on Thursday ordered an early ...
Alaska Public Media25d
Early snowmelt could accelerate Alaska’s wildfire seasons, UAF research says
It could also mean a big wildfire season for parts of the state. University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers analyzed almost a century of Alaska fire weather data and found that many of Alaska’s ...
National Geographic news11mon
When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in
A dangerous race to fight remote fires begins each summer when Alaska's combustible backcountry is ablaze. Matt Oakleaf, camera mounted on his gear bag, drops behind the rest of his team to a ...
Your Alaska Link3d
AROUND ALASKA: Vehicle Fires, Dock Update, Beluga Monitoring, and More!
Multiple vehicles caught fire in Juneau; Heceta Island Dock closed for repairs. Alaska Beluga Monitoring season opens with ...
EURweb8d
Alaska Airlines Fires Flight Attendant for Viral Twerking Video
Alaska Airlines fired a former flight attendant, Nelle Diala, for posting a video of herself twerking in uniform on social ...
Yahoo11d
An 'exceptional' warning for Alaska: wildfire danger in early March
Mar. 4—A new national forecast predicts unusually high wildfire danger for the southern half of Alaska — a warning that lumps our typically winter-dominated state with sunnier climes like ...
The Washington Post10d
Fires are burning throughout U.S. Here’s where there’s greater risk.
In Alaska, which is projected to see above-normal fire potential in April and May, it’s not as simple as looking at the snowpack — the amount of snow that accumulates over the winter — to ...