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January 20, 2017

In Alaska, minus 59 takes toll on cars, pipes, people

  • Frozen tires flatten on the bottom, leading to a bumpy ride until they snap back into shape.
    • By DAN JOLING
    Associated Press

    ANCHORAGE — Cynthia Erickson woke up early, hoping her four furnaces were working.

    She owns a grocery store and the building that houses the post office in the village of Tanana, Alaska, which ranked as the coldest place in the state Wednesday. The official temperature at the airport with a single gravel runway was minus 54 degrees. Nearby, along the Yukon River, it was 5 degrees colder.


     
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