High Winds Still Possible for Anchorage on Sunday

Anchorage residents still could expect high winds gusting throughout the area on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Winds could reach 90 miles per hour along Turnagain Arm and the upper hillside areas of town. Winds could reach 40 miles per hour in East Anchorage. There were only a few reports of power outages on Sunday morning but power had been quickly restored. The area had braced itself for another wind storm like the one that had knocked out power throughout the region earlier in the month.

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Annie Feidt is the Managing Editor for Alaska's Energy Desk, a collaboration between Alaska Public Media in Anchorage, KTOO Public Media in Juneau and KUCB in Unalaska. Her reporting has taken her searching for polar bears on the Chukchi Sea ice, out to remote checkpoints on the Iditarod Trail, and up on the Eklutna Glacier with scientists studying its retreat. Her stories have been heard nationally on NPR and Marketplace.
Annie’s career in radio journalism began in 1998 at Minnesota Public Radio, where she produced the regional edition of All Things Considered. She moved to Anchorage in 2004 with her husband, intending to stay in the 49th state just a few years. She has no plans to leave anytime soon.
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