The announcement came after lawmakers urged the governor to take action, as other states have done, to ensure SNAP beneficiaries do not go hungry.

Following a request by state legislators and similar action by other states, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday declared a 30-day state of disaster that allows the state to temporarily fund federal food-aid programs used by tens of thousands of Alaskans.

SNAP recipients' debit cards could be refilled to their typical amount by Friday, a Department of Health spokesperson said, after Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration.

The governor and Kelly Loeffler, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, met with displaced residents in Anchorage. The SBA is making low-interest loans available to residents who suffered damage.

A mass evacuation is underway after the remnants of Typhoon Halong devastated coastal communities in western Alaska over the weekend.

The governor’s office declined Monday to answer questions about the resignation, which had not been previously announced.

Wasilla, will resign from the Alaska Senate on Monday, according to a resignation letter submitted to Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak. The resignation was expected. Shower was named the lieutenant governor candidate for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson in September,

As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.