Alaskan villages recovering from massive storm

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Source: Reuters


Reuters) - Residents of remote Alaska towns and tiny Native villages were working on Friday to tally up damages from a near-record storm that lashed the state's west coast, officials said.

"Thirty-seven villages have reported some type of damage, whether that is wind damage or minor flooding or power outages. It's really kind of a mixed bag," said Jeremy Zidek, spokesman for the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

The Inupiat village of Point Hope, with about 675 residents, on Friday became the last of the communities to get power restored, Zidek said. A local shelter that housed residents on Thursday night is now scheduled to close.



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