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'Miserable': Hundreds sheltering in Western Alaska schools in dire conditions

The state is evacuating the vulnerable and trying to find safe shelter for all. “We're moving as fast as we can,” the incident commander said. “We know that folks are miserable.”

Debris sits in piles in Kwigillingok after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought widespread devastation to the region.

'No one is giving up': Local search continues for 2 missing in Western Alaska

As authorities end their large-scale search, volunteers and village public safety officers vow to keep looking for two Kwigillingok residents whose home floated away in the storm.

Hundreds evacuating from hardest hit Western Alaska villages following storm

Nearly all the homes in both towns were damaged and a tribal administrator said it was unsafe to stay.

A woman in Nome looks toward the Bering Sea as a powerful storm barrels toward the Bering Strait.

Alaskans along hundreds of miles of coastline brace for massive storm

Forecasters say the powerful storm, potentially historic in strength, is expected to slam into the Y-K Delta early Sunday and then race up the coastline, bringing destructive winds and surging seas.

Cots line the floor at the Alaska Airlines Center on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Anchorage prepares for up to 2,000 evacuees from Western Alaska

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance says she expects many people will stay through the winter.

Evacuees from the village of Kipnuk walk towards a waiting C-17 military transport plane in Bethel, Alaska on Oct. 16, 2025.

‘Everything is lost now’: Hundreds evacuate from Western Alaska villages

On Wednesday and Thursday, hundreds of people from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok boarded military transport planes headed for Anchorage, leaving their homes, belongings and communities behind.

A group of people silhouetted by lights behind them walk in a line on wet tarmac near a jet.

Western Alaska residents from storm-ravaged villages arrive in Anchorage by the hundreds

Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents continued to land Thursday night in Anchorage, carrying backpacks and plastic bags filled with their belongings as they exited a military transport plane.

Alaska Army National Guard Sgt. Hunter Lorenz, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew chief, assigned to Detachment 1, B Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, carries a dog during recovery operations at Bethel, Alaska, Oct. 16, 2025. Alaska Army National Guard helicopter aircrews, with the 207th Aviation Troop Command, pulled residents from hard-hit Alaskan communities and transported them to Bethel for follow-on travel to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson via AKANG C-17. Following the devastating Typhoon Halong that struck the West Coast of Alaska late last week, the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management continues to work with the Alaska Organized Militia and the U.S. Coast Guard during ongoing recovery operations. (Alaska National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Moon)

Dog evacuations continue from Western Alaska villages hit hard by remnants of Typhoon Halong

As evacuees from villages like Kipnuk, Kwigillingok, Nightmute and Tuntutuliak boarded military helicopters bound for safety, many had no choice but to leave their dogs behind.

Julia Stone, 54, from Kipnuk, Alaska, stands outside the Alaska Airline Center mass shelter in Anchorage, where she is staying after Typhoon Halong flooded her village.

Evacuees in Anchorage say they’re feeling a mix of gratitude and grief

Hundreds of people evacuated from Western Alaska after Typhoon Halong now face uncertain futures in Alaska’s largest city.

Debris sits in a pile in storm-ravaged Kipnuk, Alaska on Oct. 19, 2025, a week after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought catastrophic flooding and hurricane-force winds to the village.

‘We got hope’: The few who remain in storm-ravaged Kipnuk race to rebuild

The remnants of Typhoon Halong left a catastrophe in this Western Alaska village. The handful of people left there are determined — but face an immense challenge.

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