For Alaskan Evacuees, Home Is Gone, With No Return in Sight The New York Times Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says CNN Alaska Native communities reeling in wake of Typhoon Halong’s remnants Yale Climate Connections Nonprofit working to shelter dogs left behind in Halong flood evacuations Alaska’s News Source Alaska governor asks Trump …
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Alaska storm damage could displace some evacuees for at least 18 months, officials say
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, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said in a request to the White House for a major disaster declaration. In one of the hardest hit villages, Kipnuk, an …
Read More »Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says
Anchorage, Alaska AP — 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, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said in a request to the White House for a major disaster declaration. In one of the hardest …
Read More »Alaskan evacuees describe fleeing their storm-ravaged coastal communities: “We’re all thankful that we’re all alive”
The house rocked as though an earthquake had struck, and suddenly it was floating. Water seeped in through the front door, and waves smacked the big glass window. From the lone dry room where Alexie Stone and his brothers and children gathered, he could look outside and see under the water, like an aquarium. A shed drifted toward them, threatening …
Read More »Anchorage preparing to house more than 1,000 Western Alaska storm evacuees across 4 shelters
The Egan Center in downtown is one of four shelters in Anchorage being used to house evacuees after being displaced by the storm in Western Alaska. (Bill Roth / ADN) State and local officials are preparing four shelters in Anchorage that could potentially accommodate more than 1,000 people displaced by unprecedented and catastrophic storms that have left whole Western Alaska …
Read More »Anchorage prepares for up to 2,000 evacuees from Western Alaska
The city of Anchorage is preparing to welcome up to 2,000 people displaced by the catastrophic storm that hit Western Alaska on Sunday. Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said she expects many will stay through the winter. “We’ll do everything we can to help folks and to do our best to provide a safe and welcome environment where they can heal and …
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