At least 30 rescued in Alaska floods as military teams rush to remote villages
Multiple search and rescue helicopters and planes from the state's Army and Air National Guard forces, along with Coast Guard units, were scrambled in the wake of typhoon-fueled flooding.
Nicholas Slayton
Published Oct 13, 2025 10:29 AM EDT
Rescue teams from the Alaska Air and Army national guard units and Coast Guard have sent a wave of aircraft and personnel to the site of massive flooding in remote villages far from roads or major cities. Entire homes were seen floating away as floods hit remotes villages along Alaska’s western coast.
The Alaska Air National Guard, Alaska Army National Guard and U.S. Coast Guard all sent helicopters and C-130 cargo planes towards Kipnuk and Kwigillingok to locate and rescue missing or displaced people. Both are isolated coastal fishing villages accessible only by boat or air, about 400 miles from Anchorage and 70 miles from Bethel, the closest large town with a developed runway, though flooding had covered at least one end of it over the weekend.
At least eight homes in the towns have been pushed from their foundations.
“At least 18 people were rescued in Kwigillingok and at least 16 people were rescued in Kipnuk,” the Alaska State Troopers said Sunday evening. No deaths have been reported, but several people are believed missing, according to the Alaska National Guard, with at least three in Kwigillingok and an unspecified number in Kipnuk.
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