Evacuees detail harrowing scenes of flooding in coastal Alaska villages as airlift continues

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The house rocked as though an earthquake had struck, and suddenly it was floating. Water seeped in through the front door, and waves smacked the big glass window.

From the lone dry room where Alexie Stone and his brothers and children gathered, he could look outside and see under the water, like an aquarium. A shed drifted toward them, threatening to shatter the glass, but turned away before it hit.