Overview
- Evacuations continued into Friday with hundreds flown from Bethel to Anchorage after initial C-17 flights moved about 300 people, and officials said more transfers will take days.
- At least one person has been confirmed dead and two remain missing after homes were swept into the water during the flooding.
- Sheltering swelled to roughly 1,600 people across 13 sites, with conditions in some schools hampered by failed plumbing and limited power.
- Preliminary assessments indicate many homes cannot be reoccupied and basic utilities and some airports were damaged, raising concerns about habitability before winter.
- Kipnuk and Kwigillingok were hardest hit by water levels about 6.6 feet above normal high tide, as the Alaska National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard and relief groups shifted from rescue to recovery and the governor requested a federal disaster declaration.