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Shipment. a fishing village buried under nearly 20 feet, 20 feet of snow, is waiting for an emergency airlift, special order snow shovels. with more on all this, here is abc s david wright. reporter: they were already calling it shovelpalooza. it was starting to rain, turning cordova s frozen streets into a cold slushy mess. what would you call this? slushpocalypse? sloppocalypse? i think that s the new term. reporter: all that wet makes the snow even heavier, weighing down rooftops, already creaking. the town has now special ordered 72 special heavy-duty snow scoops. a manufacturer in quebec started making them. though they likely won t make it to cordova up until this weekend, assuming the airport stays open. shoveling the driveway can t be much fun. oh, i got a snow thrower for that this year. reporter: up north in nome, slow going for a russian tanker carrying fuel supplies. for every mile forward the ocean currents push the ice back and ....

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