Alaska
ValueWalk
Im eisigen Alaska sind mehr als 30 Frauen und Männer beim 52. Iditarod-Hundeschlittenrennen gestartet. Etwa zehn Tage und 1600 Kilometer liegen vor den Kontrahentinnen und Kontrahenten bei dem größten und härtesten Hundeschlittenrennen der Welt. Dieses Jahr sind 38 Gespanne dabei - geführt von elf Frauen und 27 Männern, die am Sonntag zur ersten offiziellen Etappe starteten, wie die Zeitung «Anchorage Daily News» berichtete. Bereits am Samstag waren die Schlitten zum zeremoniellen Auftakt aus Anchorage, der größten Stadt des US-Bundesstaates, aufgebrochen. Ziel ist die Ortschaft Nome an der Be...
DPA (German)
For nine years, health officials in the US state of Alaska have been aware of an unusual virus causing rare, relatively mild illnesses in the Fairbanks area. But a recent case in another part of the state that resulted in a man's death has brought new attention to the so-called Alaskapox virus. Here's what we know about the virus, now known as AKPV. 'Ebola-like' bleeding virus found for the first time in ticks in France. Here’s what we knowWhat is Alaskapox?Alaskapox belongs to a family of brick-shaped viruses that can infect animals and humans. These bugs, known as orthopoxviruses, tend to ca...
Euronews (English)
In Alaska bricht dieser Winter Rekorde mit enormen Schneemassen und frostigen Temperaturen von bis zu minus 40 Grad. In Anchorage türmt sich der Schnee vielerorts etwa drei Meter hoch. Viele Dächer sind unter der Last eingestürzt. Die Behörden rufen deshalb dazu auf, nicht nur die Bürgersteige und Zufahrten freizuräumen, sondern auch die Dächer vom Schnee zu befreien. In diesem Jahr sind auch schon Dächer von Supermärkten eingebrochen. Im vergangenen Jahr kam eine Person ums Leben, nachdem das Dach einer Turnhalle dem Schnee nicht standgehalten hatte. "Schnee-Pandemie" in AnchorageDer Unterrri...
Euronews (German)
Planning a trip this winter? Yes, it’s tempting to look for sunny spots where you can lie on a beach or play golf. But some of my favourite winter vacations have been to northerly destinations at their coldest, darkest times of year. I don’t ski, so I’m not looking for powder. But I have seen northern lights in Alaska, explored an ice cave in Iceland, and stood outdoors in -7°C weather watching migrating cranes in Nebraska. I’ve been to Detroit in December, Canada for Christmas, Finland in February. And I’ve taken visitors around my hometown, New York City, in January, when holiday crowds are ...
Euronews (English)
Some senior citizens in Alaska could soon get a tax rebate, but for this, they need to hurry to apply as the last date to apply is approaching fast. Specifically, this tax rebate from Alaska, called the 2023 Senior Citizen Hardship Sales Tax Rebate, is for Juneau residents, and the last date to apply is June 30, 2023. Tax Rebate From Alaska: Who Will Get It?Under the 2023 Senior Citizen Hardship Sales Tax Rebate, eligible applicants get an annual rebate on the sales tax paid on items that don’t qualify for a sales tax exemption under the Senior Citizen Sales Tax Exemption program. To qualify f...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden is poised to decide whether to pull the plug on a massive oil drilling project on Alaska's North Slope or allow it to go ahead. With the decision imminent, environmentalists have ramped up pressure on the White House, urging Biden to live up to the climate change pledges he made during his campaign. During the 2020 presidential race, the Democratic candidate vowed not to approve any new leases for oil and gas projects on federal lands. But Biden has found himself stuck in the middle of a years-long battle over the so-called Willow Project, a plan by US...
AFP
Los Angeles (AFP) - A polar bear killed a young woman and her baby son in a remote area of Alaska, police said, in a rare attack by an animal battling the worst effects of human-caused climate change. Police said the bear roamed into the tiny community of Wales on the far western coast of America's wildest state, where it began chasing people. It set upon 24-year-old Summer Myomick and her one-year-old son Clyde Ongtowasruk near the community's school, state troopers said. A local resident shot and killed the animal during the attack, but the mauling was so severe that mother and baby perished...
AFP
Los Angeles (AFP) - A polar bear on a rampage killed a woman and a boy in a remote area of Alaska, police said, in a rare attack on humans. The bear was itself then shot and killed by a resident in the tiny community of Wales, on the far western coast of Alaska. "Initial reports indicate that a polar bear had entered the community and had chased multiple residents," police said in a statement on Tuesday's attack. "The bear fatally attacked an adult female and juvenile male -- it was shot and killed by a local resident as it attacked the pair," police said, adding that state troopers and Fish a...
AFP
Anchorage (AFP) - Residents in towns and villages on Alaska's western coast were beginning Sunday to assess the damage from one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in decades. The vast remains of Typhoon Merbok battered coastal towns as it rumbled northward, and by Sunday morning it had largely moved into the Chukchi Sea, north of the Bering Strait. But coastal towns in that northern region remained under flood warnings Sunday, the National Weather Service (NWS) Fairbanks office tweeted. The storm has hammered a vast stretch of Alaska's lengthy coastline, bringing powerful winds, tid...
AFP
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