US EditionAlaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says
More than 2,000 residents displaced by flooding caused by Typhoon Halong’s remnants face 18 months away from homes as Gov. Dunleavy requests federal disaster aid.
- Gov. Mike Dunleavy said many displaced residents from remote Alaska villages cannot return home for at least 18 months due to severe storm damage.
- The remnants of Typhoon Halong struck with Category 2 strength, driving a surge of high surf into low-lying Alaska Native villages.
- In Kipnuk, an assessment found 121 homes destroyed, about 90% of the village's housing, while in Kwigillingok three dozen homes floated away, leaving many residences uninhabitable.
- Officials scrambled to airlift residents, flying hundreds of evacuees to Anchorage on military transport flights, with more planned Friday; Dunleavy said he expects more than 1,500 people to be relocated.
- One person was killed, two remain missing, and rescue crews plucked dozens from homes as Gov. Mike Dunleavy requested a White House major disaster declaration.
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Municipal, state officials mobilize to welcome hundreds of storm evacuees to Anchorage
A family is seen stepping out on to the runway in Bethel to board the first evacuation flight to Anchorage on Oct. 15, 2025 (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)The state of Alaska is appealing to the federal government for help as it copes with its largest disaster in years. On Thursday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy formally requested a federal disaster declaration for parts of western and northwestern Alaska after a pair of devastating storms flooded K…
Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won't go home for at least 18 months, governor says
Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won't be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months
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Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says
Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months.
The damage caused by the weekend floods in remote Alaskan villages is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 displaced people will not be able to return home for at least 18 months, Governor Mike Dunleavy said in a petition to the White House for a major disaster statement.
Oct 16: Rick Thoman’s Climate Highlight for Western Alaska
https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/KNOM_Oct16_2025_Ex_Halong.mp3 Ex-typhoon Halong joins the list of autumn storms in the Bering Sea that produced very high impacts to part of the region. The track of the storm was most unusual, moving nearly due north from the North Pacific, crossing the Aleutians east of Atka, and then to just west of the Pribilofs. From there, the storm made a turn to the right, with the center passing between St. …
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