I moved to Alaska in 1992, I don’t recall any significant news event of that time, but there probably was, as you can see Alaska and the Aleutians get hit with EVERYTHING.
We have volcanos, earthquakes, tsunamis, high winds, you name, well no drought desert areas but in due respect most people do not know how active the ground and weather really is up here.
you even get the occasional plague of dumpster-diving reporters up there. Far worse than locusts.