Families Displaced by Western Alaska Storm Begin Transition from Shelters to Temporary Housing
As the Western Alaska disaster relief effort moves into its second phase, reality is beginning to sink in for families sheltering in Anchorage after Typhoon Halong.
The City of Anchorage has started moving evacuees from emergency shelters at the Alaska Airlines Center and the Egan Center into temporary housing. Many of these families lost their homes to the powerful storm that struck earlier this month, bringing hurricane-force winds and devastating floods to Western Alaska…