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More Than 300 Alaska Residents Evacuated On Military Cargo Plane From Storm-Ravaged Coastal Communities

A mass evacuation is underway after the remnants of Typhoon Halong devastated coastal communities in western Alaska over the weekend.

By Renee Straker • just now

Shocking Scenes From Storm-Devastated Alaskan Village

Sitting shoulder to shoulder in tightly packed cargo planes, hundreds of people from storm-devastated communities in western Alaska are being evacuated.

More than 1,500 people from the mostly indigenous villages lost their homes when the remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed into the coast over the weekend.

On Wednesday, more than 300 evacuated residents were flown to Joint-Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage by the Alaska National Guard. From the

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