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Beachgoers, Beware of High Surf
The Eureka office of the National Weather Service is warning beachgoers to be extra cautious over the next few days, with breaking waves upward of 25 feet possible along west-northwest facing beaches. The long-period swell being produced by a cyclone over the Gulf of Alaska is also expected to produce 20-foot seas on Wednesday. “These […]
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UPDATE: No Local Tsunami Impact from Alaska Quake
UPDATE: There is no tsunami threat to the West Coast. No tsunami threat for the U.S. West Coast. https://t.co/ozG6RhFj5S — NWS Eureka (@NWSEureka) October 19, 2020 PREVIOUS: The Eureka office of the National Weather Service is awaiting word from the National Tsunami Warning Center about any potential tsunami warnings, watches or advisories for local areas […]
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A Hostage For 5 Years, Former HSU Professor Alann Steen Dies
Alann Steen, a former Humboldt State University journalism professor who was catapulted into the international spotlight when he was held hostage in Beirut for nearly five years, has died. He was 79. Steen, who also earned double master’s degrees at HSU after a six-year stint in the U.S. Marines Corps, which included being briefly deployed […]
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Tsunami Warning Test Set for Tomorrow
Fifty-four years ago today, at 5:36 p.m., the earth beneath southern Alaska began to shake — and continued to shake for nearly five minutes — with a force that still marks the Good Friday temblor as the largest ever to hit the United States. More than 100 people were killed by the magnitude-9.2 quake and […]
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About That Alaskan Quake This Morning …
If you are like a lot of people in Humboldt County, you woke up this morning to find out a massive earthquake off the Alaskan coast had triggered a tsunami watch but it was already over. Local emergency officials want residents to know that they were at the ready to set the alarm after today’s […]