In photos: Mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents begins from western Alaska

Residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok wait in the Alaska Army National Guard Readiness Center’s hanger in Bethel for an evacuation flight to Anchorage on Oct 15, 2025 (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)

Residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok began evacuating en masse on Wednesday, flying in military aircraft from their western Alaska communities which were devastated by ex-Typhoon Halong.

On Wednesday evening, the first 300 evacuees embarked on a C-17 military transport plane from Bethel to make the one-hour journey to Anchorage and emergency shelter there…

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