WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard supports state response, conducts mass rescue operations in Alaska * ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Coast Guard is conducting search and rescue operations Monday in Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, Alaska, where communities have been impacted by severe flooding. In support of the state of Alaska's response, Coast Guard crews from Air Station Kodiak successfully rescued 18 peop  more