Over 190 Dogs Rescued From Flooded Village in Alaska After Typhoon Halong Hit

Several planes were chartered to help rescue nearly 200 dogs from a flooded village in rural Alaska last month. Courtesy of Bethel Friends of Canines/NASA

The endangered dogs were flown inland wearing makeshift duct-tape collars, riding in improvised totes with some puppies snuggled inside a Spiderman backpack. The flight was part of a desperate rescue of 192 canines last month when tropical Typhoon Halong flooded Kipnuk, a remote village on Alaska’s Kuskokwim Delta, resulting in 1,800 people evacuating.

Crates filled with dogs were unloaded from several planes in Bethel, about 100 miles northeast of Kipnuk, then brought to Bethel Friends of Canines to receive care until they could be reunited with their owners.