Alaska Floods: Military Response and Evacuations
Roughly 90 members of the Alaska Army and Air National Guard and Coast Guard units have been deployed to remote towns affected by the floods.
The Alaska Air National Guard C-17 evacuated over 300 civilians from the remote western coast of Alaska to emergency shelters in Anchorage.
- Military and state rescue forces rescued at least 51 people in remote villages over the weekend.
- The crew flew the evacuation from Bethel, the only town along the impacted coast with a runway large enough to handle heavy cargo jets.
Many onboard had been rescued in recent days by Alaska Army and Air Guard teams, Coast Guard, and state rescue workers who spent the previous several days finding and moving civilians from surrounding towns.
The massive flooding was caused by Typhoon Halong over the weekend, leaving homes and buildings destroyed or uninhabitable.
Author's summary: Alaska guard evacuates over 300 people amid floods.