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A man filmed his home floating away in floodwaters triggered by a storm that struck parts of Alaska
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Steven Anaver shared multiple videos from inside his house as it was swept away during the early morning hours of Oct. 19
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The man has now said he does not believe his home can be repaired after assessing the damage
A man recorded his home floating away after the remnants of Typhoon Halong caused significant flooding in various parts of Alaska.
Steven Anaver was inside his home in the village of Kwigillingok during the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 12, when his home suddenly began floating away, according to The Associated Press.
The water inside Anaver’s home was already knee-deep when the home came off its foundation, bringing Anaver and all of the items inside with it.
Footage of the ordeal, which Anaver shared on his Facebook page that Sunday morning, showed many of his belongings sloshing around in the water inside his home as the storm passed through.
Anaver told KTVA that he could feel the house “shaking” as floodwaters carried it away.
In another video, which Anaver shared on Facebook two days later, the interior of his home could be seen swaying back and forth.
“Wanted to stay in Kwig. I was inches away from death,” Anaver captioned the post. “I escaped.”
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Inside Steven Anaver’s home as it flooded
Eventually, Anaver’s home came to a stop after colliding with a small hill that had a board sticking out of it a few feet away from the river, according to the AP.
“The hole in the wall made the house stop drifting,” Anaver said in a post shared to Facebook on Wednesday, Oct. 15, which included a third video he recorded of the ordeal.
The video showed floodwaters just a couple of feet below his bedroom window. “I felt the wind from my bedroom,” Anaver wrote in the caption. “My family told me to stay put in my bedroom until help arrived. My feet got so cold.”
Two neighbors helped Anaver escape his home shortly after 7 a.m. once the water had receded, according to the AP.
Anaver later took shelter at his brother’s house, but was eventually evacuated to a local school, KTVA reported.
A few days later, Anaver returned to his home to assess the damage. However, he does not think the home can be repaired.
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The Alaska Air National Guard conducts a search and rescue mission on Oct. 13, 2025.
Anaver shared photos on Facebook of what his home looked like before it was damaged. “Everything got destroyed from the flood,” he wrote in the caption of his post.
Among the items destroyed, according to Anaver, were a new washer and dryer, unopened mattresses, a new couch, a new freezer, his four wheeler and a snowmachine. Avaner said he lost two dogs in the flood, as well.
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Anaver is now with his parents in Bethel — where many evacuees were flown to after the storm — according to a GoFundMe started by his brother James Anaver, which Steven then shared on Facebook.
All donations to the online fundraiser “will go directly” to Steven, and will also help his mom and dad.
“My brother Steven was known as Uncle to all related to him because he is a genuinely loving uncle to anyone,” James wrote, later adding, “We are all blessed to still have him today.”
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