The declaration gives the far-north community of Utqiagvik access to state money to help repair damaged infrastructure like roads.

A strong storm impacting NW Alaska with high winds and sea level rise (over 6 ft) caused localized flooding in Kotzebue.

"Yesterday we came over to do an assessment of the high-water flood storm," said Northwest Arctic Borough Deputy Director of Public Services Dickie Moto, who grew up in Deering. "They lost a lot of ground on the front and on the back side of town because of the high water and rough seas.

2-22-12 Pressure ice ridges "Vuneqs" - Kwigillingok, Alaska, USA

Extreme winds from a huge weekend storm over the Great Lakes pushed huge walls of ice on the shores of Lake Erie.

Early fall weather conditions brought on an extreme storm surge in a Norton Sound community.

High rate of change in weather conditions

Sea ice is here and then disapears.

Winter storm shuts down communication services for the community.

At lower elevations, there has been melting, hurricane force winds and rain, which have stripped away the snow and left the trails bare, wet, and icy.

11-11-13 Weather effects caribou migration and season - Barrow, Alaska, USA