Hundreds Airlifted to Safety After Typhoon Remnants Devastate Alaskan Coast

At least one person was confirmed dead, two remained missing, and more than 1,500 were displaced as winter began to set in.

Evacuees board an Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III in Bethel, bound for Anchorage on Oct. 15, 2025, after their homes were destroyed by remnants of Typhoon Halong. (Gov. Mike Dunleavy/Alaska State Government).

One of the Alaska Air National Guard’s behemoth C-17 Globemaster III landed in Anchorage, Alaska, on Oct. 15, filled with evacuees left homeless by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

More than 1,500 people were displaced after the remnants, following an unnamed storm, delivered high winds and sea surges to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area of southwest Alaska, nearly 500 miles away from Anchorage.