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Alaska National Guard flies 14,000 pounds of meat to Toksook Bay via IRT program

By Alan Brown | Alaska National Guard Public Affairs on Nov 27, 2024   Featured, General News, Rural, Southwest Alaska  

Alaska National Guard flies 14,000 pounds of meat to Toksook Bay via IRT program

 JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Two years after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok flooded communities across thousands of miles of western Alaska in September 2022, the community of Toksook Bay made a big step toward replenishing what they lost from the storm – thousands of pounds of meat.  On Friday Nov. 15, 2024, the Alaska […]

State Individual Assistance provides more than $1.58 million in Merbok recovery assistance

By Jeremy Zidek | SOA Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management on Apr 27, 2023   Featured, State  

State Individual Assistance provides more than $1.58 million in Merbok recovery assistance

Ongoing efforts by state, federal, non-governmental agencies, and native organizations seek to address storm-related damages and needs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Governor Mike Dunleavy’s Sept.17, 2023 disaster declaration activated the state’s individual assistance program to address damages from the 2022 West Coast Storm, also known as Typhoon Merbok. To date more than $1.58 million […]

Alaska Megastorms vs. East Coast Hurricanes

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Oct 3, 2022   Featured, Southwest Alaska, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Alaska Megastorms vs. East Coast Hurricanes

My friend Hal called the other day, from a parking garage in Punta Gorda, Florida. In his car he had nine one-gallon jugs of water, a red-plastic container of gasoline and a motorcycle helmet. Hal, a former Alaskan, is a hurricane expert living in Galveston, Texas. He sometimes plants himself in vulnerable places and sends […]

State of Alaska ships 14,000 pounds of relief supplies to Merbok-impacted region

By MVA Public Affairs on Sep 30, 2022   Featured, Rural, Southwest Alaska, State  

State of Alaska ships 14,000 pounds of relief supplies to Merbok-impacted region

 The Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue Squadron and 144th Airlift Squadron transported relief supplies via HC-130J Combat King II Sept. 29, 2022, as part of Operation Merbok Response. JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska State Emergency Operations Center is working closely with state, federal and private-sector partners to coordinate the shipment and […]

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