BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A major natural disaster is unfolding in the Northwest, and many people know nothing about it.
The remnants of a typhoon slammed into western Alaska last week, leaving thousands with nowhere to live. Northwest volunteers are now helping coordinate relief efforts — efforts that may one day be needed here at home.
From Bellingham, 1,700 miles away from the disaster zone in Bethel, Alaska, Sky Terry coordinates communications with crews via his cell phone.
“We have over 50 communities that have been heavily impacted. At least one town, if not a second, are completely evacuated. One isn’t there anymore,” Terry
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