Thousands of customers in Anchorage are still without power on Monday morning, after a windstorm blew through the region over the weekend, crashing trees into power lines, flipping small planes on tarmacs, and peeling off shingles of roofs.
Schools are closed in Anchorage today, due to the power situation and the slippery roads. Chugach Electric Association crews are working to restore power.
The Chugach Power Outage map as of 6 a.m.:
At 5:55 a.m., Chugach Electric Association gave an update:
“Currently there are about 5,200 customers without power. Crews continued to tackle outages overnight and more crews will be available again this morning after coming off of rest.
“We have most customers back in Cooper Landing except for those requiring 3-phase power. One phase is unavailable due to wire crossing over water. Crews will re-evaluate with daylight.
“Crews are still working on restoration in Indian and Hope.
“We recognize some members have been without power for many hours. Our crews will continue to work as safely and quickly as they can until all are restored.”
On Sunday, at least a dozen jets, including commercial flights and freighters, were diverted to the Fairbanks International Airport.
Early Sunday morning, the roof of a pedestrian overpass on the Seward Highway was blown off and debris was scattered across both north and southbound lanes.
