In Kotzebue, Wendy Schaefer is the community incident commander. She says winds are picking up, but currently there are no evacuation orders for any communities within the Northwest Arctic Borough however if evacuations are needed, they will go to a local facility and remain within their village. Schaefer says although there is concern for all villages in the borough, a lot of that concern is focused on Kivalina and Deering.
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