ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Even by Alaska standards, there is a lot of snow this winter.
So much snow has fallen—so far, more than 8.7 feet (2.65 meters)—that roofs on commercial buildings are collapsing around Anchorage and officials are urging residents to break out their shovels to avoid a similar fate at home. As of Tuesday morning, the three-day storm had dropped nearly 17 more inches (43 centimeters) of snowfall, pushing Alaska’s largest city past the 100-inch (254-centimeters) mark earlier than at any other time in its history.
