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Alaska’s public schools serve as emergency shelters. Those buildings are also in crisis.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emergency supplies fill the lobby of the Chief Paul Memorial School in Kipnuk, Alaska. Nearly 700 people sheltered there for two ...
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5 rescued typhoon dogs at Mat-Su shelter could be available for adoption soon

PALMER — Five dogs rescued in October from flooding in western Alaska villages will become available for adoption in the Mat-Su on Tuesday unless their owners come forward. The dogs — three adults and ...
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Anchorage mass shelters for Western Alaska evacuees are now closed

Moving trucks wait outside the Alaska Airlines Center mass shelter on Oct. 29, 2025. The city's other mass shelter was at the Egan Center downtown. State officials say there are no longer evacuees ...
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Task force aims to move those displaced by ex-typhoon in Alaska from shelters to hotels, rentals

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials have identified more than 1,000 available hotel rooms plus additional rental options in Alaska’s largest city for the ...
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Alaska's public schools can serve as emergency shelters. The buildings are in crisis

On a Sunday morning last month, James Taq'ac Amik was huddled on a small bridge with his girlfriend. At 4 a.m., they had scrambled into an 18-foot aluminum motor boat, fleeing floodwaters from a ...