Alaska
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US shoots down another ‘high-altitude object’ over Alaska
Feb 11, 2023Six days after the downing of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon triggered a new diplomatic schism with Beijing, a US fighter jet shot down an unidentified item that was drifting high above Alaska on Friday, according... -
Alaska is sweltering under a heatwave
Jul 6, 2019The US state of Alaska, part of which lies inside the Arctic Circle, is sweltering under a heatwave, with record temperatures recorded in several areas, including its largest city. Temperatures reached 90F (32C) in Anchorage on... -
Alaska’s indigenous people feel the heat of climate change
May 3, 2019The cemetery has already been moved twice, the old school is underwater and the new one is facing the same fate as erosion constantly eats away at the land in Napakiak. The tiny village located in... -
Alaska hit by powerful earthquake, buildings damaged
Dec 1, 2018A powerful earthquake rocked Anchorage on Friday, violently shaking homes and businesses, sending scared residents into the streets and damaging buildings in Alaska’s largest city. The 7.0-magnitude quake struck at 8:29 am (1729 GMT), in the... -
Powerful earthquake rocked Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 1, 2018A powerful earthquake rocked Anchorage on Friday, violently shaking homes and businesses, sending scared residents into the streets and damaging buildings in Alaska’s largest city. The 7.0-magnitude quake struck at 8:29 am (1729 GMT), in the... -
Universal vaccination wiped out hepatitis B and associated liver cancer in Alaska’s young people
Aug 13, 2017News Hour: Updated research presented at this year’s World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Viral Hepatitis in Anchorage, Alaska, USA (8-9 August) shows that the universal hepatitis B vaccination program introduced for all newborn Alaskan children in... -
6.8-magnitude earthquake shakes Alaska
Jun 3, 2017News Hour: A shallow, 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near a volcanic island chain located between Alaska and the Russian coast on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake hit at a depth of 10...