Alaska villagers evacuated during ex-Typhoon Halong plan for new homes

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: March 27, 2026

Words: 1,236

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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Residents of the two Western Alaska communities hardest hit by the remnants of Typhoon Halong have reached a consensus about their futures: they want to move their villages entirely.

In the Yup’ik village of Kipnuk, where almost all of the approximately 700 residents were airlifted after storm waters swallowed their community last October, tribal members have voted overwhelmingly to relocate.

An outreach campaign that contacted nearly all adult tribal members, now dispersed into temporary …

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