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"this year we're advising evacuation for just over 1,900"
“this year we're advising evacuation for just over 1,900”
- Timestamp
- 18:43 – 19:07
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- July 9, 2026
From the transcript
Thanks, Ryan. And Jaz, I'll come back to your next one, but since this is sort of on the same thing, a question from Alex Solomon of KTOO: How many households are in the is the evacuation zone shown on the new evacuation maps, and, and do we know how many more is that than last year? That's a good question, Alex. It's quite a bit more than last year. So this year we're advising evacuation for just over 1,900.
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by Alaska News2h ago3 min readAIJuneau, Alaska
