A forecaster says the latest storm is on a “very different track” than September’s, and its main impacts will be felt farther north.
A massive storm in September swallowed half of the remaining land that lies between the edge of the Ningliq River and Newtok’s local school.
Still, residents in communities battered by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok in September were monitoring the storm’s track, said Kevin Knowlton, an emergency preparedness specialist with the nonprofit corporation Kawerak, which provides services in the Bering Strait region. With the ground softened by last month’s storm, he said “it’s hard to say what kind of potential this storm has to create more damage or even delete the progress that’s been made” in recovery efforts.
In Kivalina, which is at the tip of a barrier reef between the Chukchi Sea and Kivalina River, flooding was possible, particularly in the northwest part of the community, the weather service said. In Golovin, which had sections of road washed out by last month’s storm and homes knocked off foundations, “minor” coastal flooding was expected, according to the weather service.
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