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Typhoon Triggers Alaska’s Largest Airlift Evacuation
Reported by Alecia Venkataraman, Toni Mitchell, Jesse Jines
- Published: Oct 16, 2025, 9:00 PM EDT
- Updated: Dec 8, 2025, 2:53 PM EST
- Filed from: ["Kipnuk","Kwigillingok"], ["Alaska"], ["United States"]
- Duration: 30 sec
- Views: 11.5K
Over 1,500 displaced as villages are washed away by storm surge.
Credits
- Alecia VenkataramanCreative Director / Producer & Writer/staff/aleciavenk
- Toni MitchellReporter & Newsroom Manager/staff/toni-mitchell
- Jesse JinesVideo Editor/staff/jesse-jines
- Curtiss PhilipsenStudio Character / Actor/staff/curtiss-philipsen
- Rachel CapuanoPublisher / Studio Character /staff/rachel-capuano
Transcript
We used to haul salmon.
Now we haul people.
When the surge came, the land disappeared.
Houses went floating by like driftwood.
Over 1,500 displaced as Typhoon Halong ripped along the Kipnuk and Quiliniyaq triggering the largest air evacuation in Alaska's history.
One woman gone, 2 still missing, and an entire coast rising to save its own.