UPDATED: As a second, less intense wind event rolls into the Matanuska-Susitna area this weekend, power outages are starting to climb back up. Meanwhile, businesses continue to recover from the last storm.
As it ripped through the Valley, the previous windstorm reached speeds of more than 80 mph and flipped over semitrucks as well as planes at the Palmer airport. It ripped roofs off of buildings and caused significant damage to at least five commercial buildings.
The high winds broke a hole above the Airframes machine shop on the side of the building and blew off a piece of the roof to the other side of the building. The gusts caused temperatures to drop inside their workshop a water main broke leading to a sheet of ice covering the floor.
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