[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nchorage, Alaska – In the wake of Friday’s earthquake and damage to infrastructure, the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is taking the opportunity to outline the department’s emergency response activities. “DOT&PF serves every community in Alaska. We have staff and equipment throughout the state ready to respond to emergencies. They are assisting […]
Aircrew of a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II and Pararescuemen of the 212th Rescue Squadron survey the damage of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Southcentral Alaska Nov. 30. The 176th Wing Guardsmen surveyed Anchorage, Wasilla, Palmer, Whittier, Seward, Valdez and Homer. JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In the cold and dark early-morning hours […]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued two stranded hunters on the Punuk Islands, east of St. Lawrence Island, 664 miles Northwest of Kodiak, Alaska, Thursday. After the aircrew’s roughly 700-mile transit, the men were taken to Nome for further care. One of the men was reported to […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] huge earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6, the largest for the southcentral area in several decades, shook up that portion of Alaska at 8:29 am originating just under seven and a half miles north of central Alaska’s biggest city at a depth of 23.9 miles. Six minutes later, that quake was followed by an aftershock just […]