If you plan a weekend to visit Nome, Alaska, you might want to check the weather forecast.
What is called an epic storm has hit the Bering Sea, striking in western Alaska. Nome, Norton Sound in the Bering Sea, is about 160 kilometers from the border between the U.S. and Russia.
A winter storm warning is in effect until 9 pm on Wednesday, and a coastal flood warning is in effect until 6 pm, the National Weather Service. The Associated Press reports that storm surges of up to 10 feet is expected.
In its winter storm warning, the National Weather Service predicted up to 18 inches of snow with visibility near zero in blizzard conditions. The winds, he says, is 50 miles per hour with gusts up to 70 mph. "The travel and outdoor activities will be extremely difficult and dangerous," he said.
Nomo, with a population of about 3,600, has been tested several times by man and nature. The area grew as a result of gold rush prompted by the discovery of bright metal Anvil Creek in September 1898. In two years, the population increased to 20,000, and the town was incorporated in 1901. In 1920, when the spoils of easy gold was gone and the area was hit hard by a flu epidemic, fewer than 1,000 souls remained.
Today, largely in the headlines for the Iditarod, the dog sled race 1,150 kilometers starting in Anchorage and ends in Nome.
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