A family is seen stepping out on to the runway in Bethel to board the first evacuation flight to Anchorage on Oct. 15, 2025 (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
The state of Alaska is appealing to the federal government for help as it copes with its largest disaster in years.
On Thursday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy formally requested a federal disaster declaration for parts of western and northwestern Alaska after a pair of devastating storms flooded Kotzebue and nearly destroyed a series of coastal villages on the Kuskokwim River delta…