Anchorage officials say they’re continuing to assist hundreds of people evacuated from Western Alaska after the catastrophic storm earlier this month devastated the region.
As of Tuesday, about 655 people had been evacuated to Anchorage, many staying at mass shelters at the Egan and Alaska Airlines centers. It’s a smaller figure than the 2,000 potential evacuees officials estimated last week, but Municipal Manager Becky Windt Pearson said more people may arrive in the coming days and weeks.
“We scaled that back in our expectations and our planning somewhat to plan for a max of 1,500,” Windt Pearson said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. “That said, what we’ve been told by the state is there may still be people who are coming who we haven’t yet identified, who may be assessing whether their current housing or sheltering situation is tenable to remain in for longer term.”…