CNN's Sarah Dillingham, Carma Hassan, Mariano Castillo, Joe Sutton and Steve Brusk contributed to this report.

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"We expect snow and then rain, and severe coastal flooding, " said CNN meteorologist Sarah Dillingham.

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Another controversy over surveillance is brewing in the remote fishing town of Dillingham, Alaska, population 2400.

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Dillingham is in the southwestern part of the state, as the locals say, where the tundra meets the sea.

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We also heard from City Councilman Andy DeValpine, talking about the 80 surveillance cameras that watch over Dillingham, Alaska.

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Those storms could be at their most dangerous late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, CNN meteorologist Sarah Dillingham said.

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We called upon two Dillingham residents who have different views of the cameras.

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"Past Thursday, we will be monitoring this storm very closely for further development in the Gulf, " CNN meteorologist Sarah Dillingham said.

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Mr. ANDY DEVALPINE (City Councilor, Dillingham, Alaska): The City Council, I guess, I see them as, well, useful in a broad sense.

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CNN's Michael Martinez, Tina Burnside, Phil Gast, Darrell Calhoun, Josh Levs, Shawn Nottingham, Dave Hennen, and Sarah Dillingham contributed to this report.

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CNN's George Howell, Sean Morris, Matt Smith, Ashley Hayes, Sarah Dillingham, Kim Segal, John Zarrella, Rich Phillips and Dave Alsup contributed to this report.

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You know, Dillingham is icebound three or four months out of the year, and it's not even, I can't imagine anybody coming to Dillingham.

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But the real story is temperatures up to 15 degrees above normal in northwestern cities such as Great Falls, according to CNN meteorologist Sarah Dillingham.

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Dillingham's police chief says it's better to be safe than sorry, but some residents are appalled and ask, why a town without a single stoplight needs a super-sized surveillance program.

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Early Sunday, heat advisories, watches and warnings were posted for portions of 11 states -- less than half the number of states that have seen them the last few days, said CNN meteorologist Sarah Dillingham.

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And tonight there's going to be a public hearing in Dillingham to discuss the surveillance cameras that have been installed. 80 cameras around the port and around the town purchased with grant money from the Department of Homeland Security.

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When Michael Dillingham, another researcher at Stanford who is also a doctor for the San Francisco 49ers, an American football team, heard about the device, he wondered if it could be put into reverse to help prevent overheating in athletes.

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Dillingham is a pretty remote place.

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Diane Dillingham, a longtime G.

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But when you look at what happened there, and how police were able to make arrests fairly quickly because of the cameras that were installed all throughout the city of London, does that make you rethink that maybe in the rare event that something might happen there in Dillingham, that this might be a good idea?

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