What we know about the devastating Alaska storm and the evacuation effort
In this photo provided by the Alaska National Guard, an Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 176th Wing, arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, with evacuated residents from western Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (Alejandro Pena/Alaska National Guard via AP)
Hundreds of residents from remote Alaska Native villages are being airlifted after a storm battered their low-lying communities over the weekend, wiping away homes and killing at least one person. Two others are missing.
In one of the most significant airlifts in Alaska history, hundreds were being flown about 500 miles (800 kilometers) to Anchorage, after a shelter in the regional hub city of Bethel was filled with dozens of evacuees.
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