Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
March 23, 2000 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A Napakiak man, Herman Motgin, age 31, died of hypothyermia Friday after he was found next to his snowmachine on the trail between Bethel and Napakiak, a short distance away. He was discovered in a hypothermic state on the trail about three miles north of Napakiak shortly after 8 am Friday, still breathing. He was taken to the Napakiak clinic, a few minutes later. Health officials arrived about five minutes after that. But, by that time, Alaska State troopers said, Motgin was not breathing and had no pulse. Resuscitation commenced and continued for two hours until a doctor from the Bethel hospital arrived and pronounced Motgin dead. The weather around Bethel, according to an article in the Anchorage Daily News, was "...severe Thursday night, with high winds, blowing snow, and wind ch
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.