Alaska storm damage could displace some evacuees for at least 18 months, officials say | NYGazet

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

Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won't be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said in a request to the White House ... [5168 chars]