Last Updated: Thursday, Sept. 18 1:45 pm
A flash flood hit this neighborhood a cul-de-sac off Seldon & Lucille streets outside Wasilla early Thursday morning. Photo by Battalion Chief Jon Burn. More photos on Mat-Su.gov.
There are various flood warnings in effect for Seward, Southcentral and the Mat-Su. Please be alert as flash flooding can occur at any moment.
FLOOD WARNING in effect until 6:00 pm Thursday for Seward, Kenai Lake, 20 Mile near Portage, Kenai River at Cooper Landing.
FLOOD ADVISORY in effect until 6:00 pm Thursday for Mat-Su Valley for the Little Susitna River
FLOOD ADVISORY in effect until 6:00 pm Friday for Anchorage including Campbell Creek, Chester Creek and Ship Creek.
WEATHER
POWER
- Office of Emergency Management: Windstorm and Power Outage Information
- Municipal Light & Power Facebook
- ML&P phone 279-7671 or 1-888-999-5340
- ML&P website
- Chugach Electric Facebook
- Chugach phone 762-7888 or toll-free at 1-800-478-7494
- Chugach website
- Matanuska Electric Association Facebook
- MEA phone in Mat-Su Valley: 746-7697
- MEA phone in in Eagle River: 696-7697
- MEA website
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
- Anchorage Conditions Hotline: 907-343-4701
- Mat-Su Emergency Services
- MOA: Emergency Management
- Alaska Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
- DHHS: Food Safety During a Power Outage (PDF)
- Red Cross: Emergency kit
EVENTS & TRAVEL
PRESS RELEASES:
- MOA: Wood Lot Season Further Extended (PDF) Sept. 13, 2012
- MOA: Wood Lot Summary Grid (PDF) Sept. 13, 2012
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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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