"Fatal Exposure: Anchorage's Unsheltered Face Deadly Winter Conditions"

Four people, believed to be homeless, have died outdoors in Anchorage over the past week, including two men in wheelchairs. The deaths highlight the challenges faced by the unsheltered population as winter weather descends on the city. The data fails to capture every death of a person experiencing homelessness, and the causes of death range from drug-related overdose to cardiac arrest and hypothermia. City leaders have expressed a commitment to preventing such deaths, but the closure of the Sullivan Arena shelter earlier this year has left hundreds of people living unsheltered in Anchorage.