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Nat Herz/KYUK & Northern JournalJeron Joseph, a survivor from Kwigillingok tells his story. -
Bethel Friends of Canines/Bethel Friends of CaninesAs residents boarded air transports out of Kipnuk, they left what remained of their houses, belongings, and ancestral homeland behind. For many, that list also included their dogs. Nonprofits and individuals have stepped in to reunite pets with displaced families.
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Severe erosion in the coastal community has put critical infrastructure in peril and destroyed a vital archaeological lens into the past. -
Hundreds have left their homes. Many may never go back. KYUK collaborator Nat Herz takes stock of what comes next after ex-typhoon Halong. -
Currently, the city is operating two shelters for evacuees -- one at the Alaska Airlines Center and another at the Egan Center — and expects to host up to 1,600 people. -
In the wake of the storm that devastated Western Alaska this week, there's been scrutiny of the Trump administration's cancellation of a grant that had been aimed at preventing erosion in Kipnuk, one of the hardest hit communities. -
The disaster declaration would unlock federal resources to respond to the Lower Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon regions in Western Alaska, in addition to the Northwest Arctic Borough. -
The remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced. -
Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents continued to land in Anchorage on the night of Oct. 16, carrying backpacks and plastic bags filled with their belongings as they exited a military transport plane. -
That included residents of Kwigillingok, who were boarding military helicopters with the few possessions they could carry. -
On Oct. 15 and 16, hundreds of people from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok boarded military transport planes headed for Anchorage, leaving their homes, belongings, and communities behind. -
Mayor Suzanne LaFrance says she expects many people will stay through the winter.
