Alaska braces as powerful storm displaces residents and causes widespread evacuations
TL;DR
Anchorage is preparing four shelters to house over 1,000 storm evacuees from Western Alaska, with potential for up to 2,000 people displaced by severe storms, as the city and partners work to provide temporary housing amid ongoing recovery efforts and community support events.
- Anchorage preparing to house more than 1,000 Western Alaska storm evacuees across 4 shelters Anchorage Daily News
- Native Alaskan communities reeling in wake of Typhoon Halong’s remnants Yale Climate Connections
- ‘We started drifting away and going in circles’: Descriptions of homes being lifted and carried out to sea with people inside Alaska's News Source
- Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm PBS
- Watch: Moment house drifts away from land as typhoon hits Alaska BBC
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