Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea.
Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea.
kristen fisher, thank you very much. alaska s west coast is bracing for what forecasters say will be the strongest storm to hit the area in more than a decade. with flooding and hurricane-force winds. on the other side of the country, tropical storm fiona is slowly spinning towards puerto rico and potentially florida. jennifer gray is watching both coasts for us. a lot going on. this one is truly significant. we could see the worst coastal flooding that alaska has seen in 50 years. we re talking about 12 to 18 feet of storm surge with this storm. so here is the low. you can see it in the bearing sea, and this is bearing down on alaska, the highest impacts will be felt tonight through tomorrow. that s when we ll see the strongest winds and that coastal flooding with the storm surge. you can see there, 50, 60-mile-per-hour winds. we could see winds even higher. and they quickly diminish by the time we get into late saturday night. here are the forecast wave
storm system that could bring 50 foot waves today. coastal residents there being warned to prepare for the worst. officials say this could be the strongest storm seen there in more than a decade. let s get to meteorologist chad meyers for this. reporter: this is a big storm in the bearing sea, like you always hearing about from deadliest catch and all that. this is through the fishing grounds here and the coastal flooding along the west coast of alaska will be significant. this weather brought to you by safelite. this is an old dying typhoon in the western pacific. it didn t die, it strengthened, in fact, and will move to western alaska not down here or anchor raj. but along the west coast. talking about 9 to 14 foot storm surge, winds are going to be