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The Nome-Council road just east of Nome is not flooded. It's just gone. Photo Saturday afternoon by B. Marvin and shared with permission.

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A fire Saturday evening reduced a popular restaurant on Nome’s Front Street to ash, city officials said.

Gusts from the major storm battering the Western Alaska coast stirred up the flames at the Bering Sea Bar and grill. The fire was reported around 7 p.m. and was contained by about 3 a.m., said Acting Nome City Manager Bryant Hammond.

“The winds really fanned the flames,” he said. “It looked like it would get under control and then it would pick back up again because there were 40-knot winds just supplying the fire with oxygen.”

I don't think that there are many popular restaurants in Nome, so this mat be a real loss to the sailors and tourists.