‘We started drifting away and going in circles’: Descriptions of homes being lifted and carried out to sea with people inside

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Thursday morning, a steady line of evacuees formed near the armory building in Bethel to load up on a C-17 to be flown to Anchorage.

Most people carried one bag. The children held dolls or stuffies. It was all they could take after the water flooded their homes, carrying some of the buildings four or five miles away or — even scarier — out to sea.

State officials said Tuesday that 1,800 Alaskans from 49 separate communities were forced to leave their homes and find safety in 12 shelters because of the impacts of the former Typhoon Halong…

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