Cataloging community impacts from ex-Typhoon Halong

Kuskokwim Delta Coast

Newtok / Mertarvik

Tununak

Toksook Bay

Umkumiut

Public Safety

Halong takes heavy toll on Nightmute and seasonal camp at the heart of Nelson Island life

Evan Erickson

During the storm, wind speeds on the island reached 100 miles per hour and caused massive flooding of low-lying areas, floating homes off their foundations in Nightmute and destroying the subsistence site known as Umkumiut.

Listen • 4:48

Nightmute

Public Safety

Halong takes heavy toll on Nightmute and seasonal camp at the heart of Nelson Island life

Evan Erickson

During the storm, wind speeds on the island reached 100 miles per hour and caused massive flooding of low-lying areas, floating homes off their foundations in Nightmute and destroying the subsistence site known as Umkumiut.

Listen • 4:48

Mekoryuk

Chefornak

Kipnuk

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says that 90% of the structures in Kipnuk were destroyed by the remnant of Typhoon Halong. The Native Village of Kipnuk issued a disaster declaration on Oct. 14.

As of October 22, the State of Alaska Emergency Operations Center reports that Kipnuk's water supply appears to be contaminated with fuel and sewage.

Chefornak

Kwigillingok

Arts, Culture & Community Features

An ‘orchestra from Hell’: A firsthand account of the Halong flood

Jeron Joseph

Jeron Joseph, a survivor from Kwigillingok, tells his story.

Kongiganak

Quinhagak

Public Safety

‘It looks like a bomb hit.' Ex-typhoon Halong peels back as much as 60 feet from Quinhagak’s shoreline

Evan Erickson

Severe erosion in the coastal community has put critical infrastructure in peril and destroyed a vital archaeological lens into the past.

Listen • 4:20

Goodnews Bay

Platinum

Lower Kuskokwim 

Eek

Tuntutuliak

Napakiak

Public Safety

A quarter of homes in Napakiak have been displaced by flooding

Sage Smiley

Napakiak’s relocation coordinator said that basically every house in Napakiak and most businesses had water come into them when the remnants of Typhoon Halong hit the region. The city office and local clinic weren’t inundated, but still sustained damage.

Listen • 2:32

Napaskiak

Oscarville

Bethel

Public Safety

Bethel flooding expected to recede after Sunday typhoon remnant impacts

Samantha Watson

Remnants of Typhoon Halong have hit communities across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. In Bethel, it accounted for flooding in parts of town close to the river early on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 12.

Akiak

Akiachak

Tuluksak

Yukon Delta Coast

Kotlik

Emmonak

Alakanuk

Nunam Iqua

Scammon Bay

Hooper Bay

Chevak