What to know about the recovery efforts in Alaska following ex-Typhoon Halong
People from the village of Tuntutuliak, Alaska, arrive in Bethel, Alaska, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, on an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong is complete, and officials and local leaders are turning attention to trying to stabilize damaged infrastructure and housing where they can before the winter freeze sets in.
The focus of major response efforts following back-to-back storms that battered western Alaska has been the Yup’ik communities of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, which are near the Bering Sea and have histories of flooding. While more than a dozen communities reported damage from the remnants of Halong earlier this month, Kipnuk and Kwigillingok were devastated by storm surge and water levels that reached record highs.
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