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With intense storms expected to increase, experts want more data to support flood forecasts and infrastructure investments that keep communities out of harm’s way

That's according to the National Weather Service, which has issued weather warnings or watches along most of Alaska's west and northwest coast, from the Kuskokwim Delta all the way north to Utqiagvik.

Last week’s fierce storms aren’t unprecedented, but long-time residents say they aren't all that normal either.

Temperatures have cooled in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta thanks to some rain, but the lightning that came with those storms has ignited 10 more fires in…

Climate change forces combine to make the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta especially vulnerable, threatening a region that has sustained Indigenous people for millennia.

Across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, temperatures have reached far below zero for weeks, freezing pipes in homes across the region. For many people, that…

Residents of St. Mary's are donating food to firefighters and helping clear brush as the region's largest wildfire looms just 3.5 miles from town.

Some homes and other structures have burned, but it is not clear yet how many.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have already caused damaging flooding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The storm is expected to move north and continue into Monday, Oct. 13.

As water levels receded Sunday, residents in the Bering Strait region began taking stock of the damage done by the strongest fall storm to hit Western Alaska in 50 years.