St. Michael, Alaska, United States


The Merbok storm of 2022 impacted the Old Russian Cemetery in Saint Michael. This cemetery was created in the 1830s when the northernmost outpost of the Russian American Company was established in that village. People were interred in that cemetery for about 100 years. The cemetery is on a 30 foot high bluff overlooking the bay.


September 2022 shortly after Merbok
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July 2023 after several seasons of erosion
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July 2023 detail of site conditions
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Tropical cyclones in 2022