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Wasilla reports widespread windstorm damage; city seeks disaster declaration and begins cleanup
Summary
Public Works Director Eric Shaw told the City Council the recent windstorm downed trees, damaged railroad crossing arms and airport aircraft, and tore signs and fences; city staff said they are documenting losses for insurance and the governor's disaster declaration to recoup costs.
Public Works Director Eric Shaw told the Wasilla City Council on Dec. 15 that a major windstorm over the prior weekend produced widespread but mostly nonstructural damage across the city and prompted immediate cleanup and insurance documentation.
Shaw said crews cleared multiple trees from roadways and that several railroad crossing arms suffered wind damage; under the city's arrangement with the railroad, the city will pay for repairs. At the municipal airport, he said, two small planes were damaged — one with wings bent or broken and another that flipped after…
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