Mass Evacuations in Western Alaska Amid Severe Storm Damage
TL;DR
Hundreds of residents from storm-damaged villages in Western Alaska, including Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, were evacuated via airlift to shelters in Bethel and Anchorage due to severe storm damage caused by Typhoon Halong, which left homes uninhabitable, caused fatalities, and prompted one of the largest disaster response efforts in Alaska's history.
- Hundreds airlifted from storm-battered Western Alaska villages in historic mass evacuation Anchorage Daily News
- Hundreds evacuating from hardest hit Western Alaska villages following storm Alaska Public Media
- Watch: Moment house drifts away from land as typhoon hits Alaska BBC
- Family reacts to active search called off for 2 men missing from their flooded home Alaska's News Source
- Alaska airlifting hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages AP News
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