Portions of Alaska's Aleutian Islands experienced near-hurricane level winds from remnants of Typhoon Nuri Friday.
Eareckson Air Station sustained minor damage after winds bent back the corners of a roof and dumpsters moved around, Tommie Baker, Alaskan Command public affairs officer, stated.
During the storm, workers barricaded themselves indoors.
Workers had yet to conduct a full assessment of damage around the entire island, Baker said. But workers there are accustomed to extreme weather, including 100-mile winds. The community averages six weather-related lockdowns a year.
The storm surpassed the intensity of 2012's Superstorm Sandy as measured by pressure, but a lack of measuring stations in the remote region means meteorologists didn't have much more data. Sandy caused at least 182 deaths and $65 billion in damage on the East Coast. Nuri, in contrast, hit a sparsely populated region with just a few small communities where people are accustomed to severe weather
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