After Halong: Return and recovery

By: Katie Baldwin Basile, Anchorage Press

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: August 3, 2026

Words: 2,513

Last Updated: 2 hours, 21 minutes ago

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From Bethel-based freelance photojournalist Katie Baldwin Basile:

While on a recent assignment in the Western Alaska village of Kwigillingok, I met two women who had returned months after evacuating to help repair widespread damage left behind by ex-Typhoon Halong.

As the women, Nellie Manchuak and Lydia Tucker, worked side-by-side on a construction crew, they encouraged each other to talk about the …

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