Alaska - 50-yr rainfall / Wildfires may be state's worst / Arctic Ocean waves getting bigger
Alaska Dispatch
Monday, July 27, 2015
'50-year rainfall event' displaces Anchorage apartment building tenants
More than 2 inches of rain fell in some parts of Anchorage in less than 12 hours Saturday night and Sunday morning, an unusual event that left some parts of town flooded and residents displaced.
Anchorage | Michelle Theriault Boots, Shelby Lum
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150726/50-year-rainfall-event-displaces-anchorage-apartment-building-tenants
Alaska's wildfire season of 2015 may soon be the state's worst
Hundreds of wildfires are continually whipping across this state this summer, leaving in their wake millions of acres of charred trees and blackened earth.
Alaska News | Chris Mooney | The Washington Post
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150726/alaskas-wildfire-season-2015-may-soon-be-states-worst
Study: Beaufort, Chukchi and Bering waves are getting bigger
Since the 1970s, waves in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea have grown higher and are spaced farther apart. The changes correlate with the loss of summer and fall sea ice and the expansion of open waters, the study found.
Arctic | Yereth Rosen
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150726/study-beaufort-chukchi-and-bering-waves-are-getting-bigger
Is Shell ready f/ those higher waves?
