Parks Highway Weather Conditions in Alaska

Weather News Reports

• Avalanche blocks Parks Highway near Cantwell

  • Alaska
  • Parks Highway

  • source: Bing
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  • Jan 24, 2025 3:17pm
  An avalanche closed the Parks Highway near Cantwell around 10 a.m. on Friday morning, dumping about six feet of snow and debris across mile 219. Nobody was hurt, but the section of highway has been ... Read More

• Southcentral Alaska flood watch in effect for major weekend rainfall

  • Alaska
  • Anchorage

  • source: Bing / Alaska Public Media
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  • Jan 23, 2025 10:30pm
  

  Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the Kenai Peninsula are under a flood watch from Friday morning through Monday morning. Read More

• Hatcher Pass Road closed at mile 14 due to high avalanche danger

  • Alaska
  • Parks Highway

  • source: Bing
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  • Jan 23, 2025 4:59pm
  Hatcher Pass Road is currently closed at mile 14 due to high avalanche danger from heavy wet snow, Alaska State Parks reported on Thursday afternoon. Read More

• Alaska proposes state-run flood insurance to replace NFIP coverage

  • Alaska
  • Sitka

  • source: Bing / insurancebusinessmag
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  • Jan 17, 2025 07:12am
  

  Alaska legislators are reviewing a proposal to establish the Alaska Flood Authority, a nonprofit entity designed to provide flood insurance coverage that could serve as an alternative to the National ... Read More

• Federal disaster declaration approved for Northwest Alaska flooding

  • Alaska
  • Kwigillingok

  • source: Bing / Fairbanks KTVF on MSN
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  • Jan 16, 2025 4:03pm
  

  President Biden announced the approval of federal disaster assistance for recovery efforts in areas that sustained damage from flooding and storms in October 2024. Read More

• Southeast Alaska lawmaker proposes state flood insurance program to help homeowners

  • Alaska
  • Sitka

  • source: Bing / KTOO
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  • Jan 14, 2025 5:55pm
  

  Sitka, said his aim is to provide more coverage at a lower cost to homeowners as climate change makes disasters like these a more frequent reality in Alaska. Read More

• Tidal action and fierce winds flood low-lying areas of Kwigillingok

  • Alaska
  • Kwigillingok

  • source: Bing / Alaska Public Media
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  • Jan 13, 2025 3:49pm
  

  Strong tidal action and fierce southerly winds inundated low-lying areas of the Kuskokwim Delta coastal community of Kwigillingok on Friday evening. Michael Brown, with the National Weather Service in ... Read More