Fairbanks North Star Borough Schools will be closed on Monday as the region digs out from more than a foot of snow in places much more that fell over the Easter weekend.Â
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities asked people to avoid traveling on the Parks Highway, as plows were unable to keep up from the falling and drifting snow. Some freezing rain also was reported in the area Saturday night.Â
Scattered power outages were reported this morning, and as the wind begins picking up early this afternoon, more are expected.Â
As of 9 a.m., unofficial measurements showed more than 19 inches of snow on Old Murphy Dome Road, 14 inches in Goldstream and almost a foot in Two Rivers. The official measurement on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus was 12.4 inches.
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