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The additional beds will go to the most vulnerable people on the waitlist.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Four homeless people have died in Anchorage in the last week, underscoring the city’s ongoing struggle to house a large homeless population at the same time

Four homeless people have died in the last week on the streets of Anchorage as a major winter storm dropped more than 2 feet on snow on Alaska’s largest city. The deaths bring the total number of people living outdoors in Anchorage this year to 49, a record, according to tracking kept by the Anchorage Daily News. Last year, 24 people died on Anchorage streets, with 11 of those in the winter. The storm dropped about 17 inches of snow at the National Weather Service’s Anchorage office by early Friday morning, the official recording station. However, totals of 30 inches or more were reported ...

Four homeless people have died in Anchorage in the last week, underscoring the city’s ongoing struggle to house a large homeless population at the same time winter weather has returned, with more than 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow falling within 48 hours.

Four homeless people have died in Anchorage in the last week, underscoring the Alaskan city's ongoing struggle to house a large homeless population as winter weather returns with more than 60 centimetres of snow falling within 48 hours.