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Debris sits in a pile in storm-ravaged Kipnuk, Alaska on Oct. 19, 2025, a week after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought catastrophic flooding and hurricane-force winds to the village.

Alaska advocates for climate-vulnerable villages call for action in wake of devastating storm

According to a recent story from the Northern Journal, an estimate from 2020 put the cost of protecting infrastructure in Alaska's threatened communities at $4.3 billion over the next half-century.

Pollution response teams from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic conduct post-storm assessments in Kipnuk, Alaska, Oct. 22, 2025, after the community was impacted by severe flooding from Typhoon Halong. Personnel deployed to affected areas to identify pollution concerns and work with state, federal, and industry partners to conduct clean-up operations.

One month after Halong, here’s what rebuilding looks like in six Y-K Delta communities

The storm destroyed or severely damaged nearly 700 homes, killed one person and left two more missing. Here's where things stand in some communities hit by the mid-October storm.

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Drones helped speed Halong’s Disaster Declaration, officials say

The technology provided real-time data and information about the storm, which DOT officials say expedited the process.

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Western Alaska evacuees begin moving from Anchorage shelters into hotels

The state says it expects to move the roughly 300 people staying at the Alaska Airlines Center and Egan Center into hotel rooms by the end of the week.

Two adults sit on beds in a hotel room with four small children. Children's clothes are strewn everywhere in the small room.

For Western Alaska evacuees, life in Anchorage hotels brings new routines and new strains

Hundreds of people are staying in Anchorage hotels and with relatives while the state works on a plan to move them into apartments.

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