Anchorage leaders said Friday they expect as many as 1,600 people to be evacuated to the state's largest city.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaska coast where two villages were devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong and officials were scrambling to find shelter for more than 1,500 people driven from their homes.

Typhoon Halong was an unusual storm, likely fueled by the Pacific’s near-record warm surface temperatures this fall. Its timing means recovery will be even more difficult than usual for these hard-hit communities,

On Oct. 18, 1867, the United States completed its purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million, taking possession of the territory from Russia.

As officials in Alaska work around the clock on one of the most significant airlift operations in state history — evacuating more than 1,000 people from remote, flood-battered villages on the coast of the Bering Sea — another rescue operation is playing out: getting the dogs left behind to safety, in hopes of later reuniting them with their owners.

Flights continued on a C-17 military transport plane Thursday, evacuating hundreds of residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, in western Alaska, after the devastation of ex-Typhoon Halong. Evacuees sheltered overnight in Bethel on Wednesday after being airlifted from their coastal communities by the Alaska National Guard,

A member of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Region of the American Red Cross is joining a critical disaster relief operation in Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed into the coast.

A passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was arrested Oct. 14 for physically assaulting two flight attendants. Her "erratic behavior" forced an emergency landing in Idaho at Boise Airport, according to the Boise Police Department (BPD).