Six months after Halong, typhoon survivors tell senators Alaska villages need more than disaster aid

By: Jenni Monet

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 1,228

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Testifying before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs about last fall’s deadly remnants of Typhoon Halong, Paul J. Paul, Chief of the Native Village of Kipnuk, recalled the moment his six-year-old granddaughter asked the family to sing “Silent Night” — in the dark — as early-morning floodwaters swirled violently around their home.

Lucy Martin, a tribal resilience assistant coordinator for Kwigillingok, listened as she dabbed her eyes dry. Earlier that day, she described graves …

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