Heat in Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Heat June 24, 2000 · Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Record heat was recorded at Bethel Saturday. Temperatures there reached 80 degrees F.20 miles upriver along the Kuskokwim River, near the village of Akiachak, a 6 year old boy was playing in the river with friends and disappeared. The body was found at about 10 pm Saturday.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5144014. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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