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Loss Flooding in remote Alaska villages last weekend was so severe that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced will not be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months. mike dunleavy said in a request to white House For a major disaster declaration.
In Kipnuk, one of the worst-affected villages, preliminary assessments showed that 121 or so homes – or 90% of the total – had been destroyed, Dunleavy wrote. In Quigilingoc, where three dozen homes were swept away by water, a little more than a third of the residences are uninhabitable.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong struck the area with the intensity of a Category 2 hurricane, Dunleavy said, sending high waves across the low-lying area. One person died, two were missing, and rescue teams pulled dozens of people from their homes as they were swimming.
Authorities are struggling to airlift people from submerged Alaska Native villages. Hundreds of evacuees have been airlifted anchorage On military transport flights, additional flights are planned for Friday and Saturday. Dunleavy said he expects more than 1,500 people to be relocated to major cities in the state.