Alaska evacuates residents from storm-damaged coastal villages
TL;DR
A major airlift is underway in Alaska to evacuate hundreds from storm-damaged villages affected by Typhoon Halong, with two villages requiring full evacuation and one person confirmed dead. The crisis highlights concerns over federal funding cuts impacting disaster preparedness for small, Indigenous communities.
- Alaska airlifting hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages CNN
- Watch: Moment house drifts away from land as typhoon hits Alaska BBC
- ‘No home to go to’: Hundreds of evacuees need shelter as catastrophic Western Alaska storm empties inundated villages Anchorage Daily News
- Native Alaskan communities reeling in wake of Typhoon Halong’s remnants Yale Climate Connections
- Alaska airlifting hundreds from coastal villages devastated by flooding CBS News
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