These Alaska villages were swept away by a typhoon. They’re fighting with FEMA to not rebuild in the flood zone

When the remnants of Typhoon Halong’s flood water receded last October, entire villages had been leveled by the storm.
Anchorage Daily News

Villages devastated by Halong urge officials to embrace relocation plans at Senate hearing in Anchorage

Leaders of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok at the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing urged Alaska’s elected officials to ...
Juneau Empire

Alaska typhoon victims’ losses of traditional foods go beyond dollar values

When natural disasters strike in the Lower 48, people affected are compensated for income lost from wage-earning jobs that have been interrupted, as well as lost assets with assigned financial value.
Newsday

Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land

JUNEAU, Alaska — Storms that battered Alaska's western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change — and revived ...
Alaska Public Media

Cut off from their jobs at home, Alaska typhoon evacuees have alternative income options

Regina Qussauyaq Therchik, manager of workforce and shareholder development at Calista Corporation, shows information on a laptop on Oct. 29, 2025, to Stephanie and Carl Anaver of Kipnuk. Therchik was ...
Juneau Empire

Typhoon displaced students, teachers from Western Alaska continue school across the state

Hundreds of students displaced by the storm devastation of ex-Typhoon Halong in Western Alaska are entering school in other communities, including Bethel and Anchorage. Deena Bishop, commissioner of ...
Boston Herald

Crews are working to fix Alaska Native villages devastated by flooding. But will residents return?

KWIGILLINGOK, Alaska (AP) — Darrel John watched the final evacuees depart his village on the western coast of Alaska in helicopters and small planes and walked home, avoiding the debris piled on the ...
Outdoor Life

Alaskan Officials Extend Moose Seasons in Areas Still Reeling from Devastating Typhoon

Add Outdoor Life (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Officials with the ...
Newsday

Task force aims to move those displaced by ex-typhoon in Alaska from shelters to hotels, rentals

Officials have identified more than 1,000 available hotel rooms plus additional rental options in Alaska's largest city for the hundreds of people displaced to Anchorage after the remnants of a ...