alaska

If you're been wondering what happened to the winter of 2011-2012 in upstate New York with our distinct lack of snowfall, look at the winter wallop that Mother Nature has served up to Alaska.

Western Alaskan communities like Nome are facing a winter storm that the National Weather Service warned would be as strong as a category 3 hurricane.  The storm, which brewed in the Bearing Sea brought winds of nearly 90 miles per hour and flooding storm surge...