
Disaster declared after an Alaskan village was inundated by more than five feet of floodwater
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A disaster has been declared in an Alaskan village after an ice jam caused severe flooding and forced residents to evacuate.
On Monday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a disaster in the city of Buckland, a news release from his office said. "I have directed all state agencies to provide assistance in the most expeditious manner possible," Dunleavy said in the release. "The flooding caused significant damage to homes, roads and utility infrastructure so a declaration is warranted to get the community back on its feet as soon as possible."
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east of Venezuela – the admiral who oversaw the operation told lawmakers on Thursday according to two sources with direct knowledge of his remarks.

The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers on Thursday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his congressional briefings.











