That video above is credited to Brea Paul on IG. It is a house videoed being swept away in Kwigillingok, Alaska this morning.
October 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
That video above is credited to Brea Paul on IG. It is a house videoed being swept away in Kwigillingok, Alaska this morning.
Kwigillingok, Alaska, has long grappled with erosion and flooding. Residents want to move to higher ground, further inland, especially after the remnants of Typhoon Halong damaged nearly every house. n.pr/4pDXQpz
Houses floated away in this Alaska Native village. Now residents want to move
Kwigillingok, Alaska, has long grappled with erosion and flooding. Residents want to move to higher ground, further inland, especially after the remnants of Typhoon Halong damaged nearly every house.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Kwigillingok, Alaska, has long grappled with erosion and flooding. Residents want to move to higher ground, further inland, especially after the remnants of Typhoon Halong damaged nearly every house. n.pr/4pDXQpz
Where is FEMA?
Western Alaska residents from storm-ravaged villages arrive in Anchorage by the hundreds
Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents continued to land Thursday night in Anchorage, carrying backpacks and plastic bags filled with their belongings as they exited a military transport plane.
alaskapublic.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Where is FEMA?
In photos: Mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents begins from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com
In photos: Mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents begins from western Alaska | Alaska Beacon
Residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok began evacuating en masse on Wednesday, flying in military aircraft from their western Alaska communities which were devastated by ex-Typhoon Halong. On Wednesday…
alaskabeacon.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
In photos: Mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents begins from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com
Contaminated with oil and debris, Kipnuk and Kwigillingok are now ghost towns. Both villages recently voted to relocate and build on higher ground. But they are locked in an ongoing battle with FEMA. https://cnn.it/4tG1IaM
May 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Contaminated with oil and debris, Kipnuk and Kwigillingok are now ghost towns. Both villages recently voted to relocate and build on higher ground. But they are locked in an ongoing battle with FEMA. https://cnn.it/4tG1IaM
A powerful storm in western Alaska has caused at least 1 death, displaced 1,000+ residents, and damaged homes with hurricane-force winds and record storm surges. Search & rescue efforts are underway, with 51 people rescued from Kwigillingok and Kipnuk.
October 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A powerful storm in western Alaska has caused at least 1 death, displaced 1,000+ residents, and damaged homes with hurricane-force winds and record storm surges. Search & rescue efforts are underway, with 51 people rescued from Kwigillingok and Kipnuk.
Update: The Alaska State Troopers reported at least 18 people were rescued in Kwigillingok and at least 16 people were rescued in Kipnuk.
Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for @alaskabeacon.com
Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska | Alaska Beacon
Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds…
alaskabeacon.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Update: The Alaska State Troopers reported at least 18 people were rescued in Kwigillingok and at least 16 people were rescued in Kipnuk.
Evacuees from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok board the second mass evacuation flight this morning in Bethel, headed to Anchorage.
More photos and stories coming this afternoon @alaskabeacon.com
More photos and stories coming this afternoon @alaskabeacon.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Evacuees from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok board the second mass evacuation flight this morning in Bethel, headed to Anchorage.
More photos and stories coming this afternoon @alaskabeacon.com
More photos and stories coming this afternoon @alaskabeacon.com
Incredibly moving first-hand account of surviving ex-Typhoon Halong by Jeron Joseph of Kwigillingok.
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
An ‘orchestra from Hell’: A firsthand account of the Halong flood
A survivor from Kwigillingok tells his story.
www.kyuk.org
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Incredibly moving first-hand account of surviving ex-Typhoon Halong by Jeron Joseph of Kwigillingok.
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
You may know Jeron Joseph for his beautiful and personal writings on the evacuation from Kwigillingok following ex-Typhoon Halong, and his photography is now up at the Anchorage Museum!
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www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
Kwigillingok artist captures the senses of a home many remain displaced from
Jeron Joseph’s "Sacred Ground" exhibit opens at the Anchorage Museum this week.
www.kyuk.org
March 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
You may know Jeron Joseph for his beautiful and personal writings on the evacuation from Kwigillingok following ex-Typhoon Halong, and his photography is now up at the Anchorage Museum!
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
Workers are getting the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage ready for Kipnuk and Kwigillingok evacuees. Thanks you American Red Cross of Alaska and UAA!
October 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Workers are getting the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage ready for Kipnuk and Kwigillingok evacuees. Thanks you American Red Cross of Alaska and UAA!
The hardest-hit communities included Kipnuk, population 715, and Kwigillingok, population 380.
2 villages in Alaska decimated by remnants of Typhoon Halong
More rain is expected on Wednesday, where the remnants of Typhoon Halong battered Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, two villages in Alaska.
www.aptnnews.ca
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The hardest-hit communities included Kipnuk, population 715, and Kwigillingok, population 380.
This weekend's unprecedented coastal storm resulted in at least one fatality and displaced more than 1,400 people. Troopers have suspended the active search for two men missing from the village of Kwigillingok.
‘No home to go to’: Hundreds of evacuees need shelter as catastrophic Western Alaska storm empties inundated villages
Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday that they have suspended the active search for two men missing from Kwigillingok, one of the hardest-hit communities. The men are related to the storm’s lone confirm...
www.adn.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This weekend's unprecedented coastal storm resulted in at least one fatality and displaced more than 1,400 people. Troopers have suspended the active search for two men missing from the village of Kwigillingok.
On Sunday, June 28, family and friends held a funeral in Bethel for Chester Kashatok of Kwigillingok. The 45-year-old had been missing since October 2025, nearly eight months after the remnants of Typhoon Halong ripped through the community.
Chester Kashatok of Kwigillingok laid to rest, 8 months after Typhoon Halong
The 45-year-old had been missing from Kwigillingok since the night of the ex-typhoon in October 2025. He was the son of 67-year-old Ella Mae Kashatok, whose body was found one day after the storm. Her brother, 71-year-old Vernon Pavil, is still missing.
akpub.io
July 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
On Sunday, June 28, family and friends held a funeral in Bethel for Chester Kashatok of Kwigillingok. The 45-year-old had been missing since October 2025, nearly eight months after the remnants of Typhoon Halong ripped through the community.
WESTERN ALASKA FLOODS UPDATE:
Authorities have determined that none of the housing in either Kipnuk or Kwigillingok is safe to occupy
Residents were being evacuated to Bethel. But now… residents of both villages will be evacuated to Anchorage - almost 500 miles away
Authorities have determined that none of the housing in either Kipnuk or Kwigillingok is safe to occupy
Residents were being evacuated to Bethel. But now… residents of both villages will be evacuated to Anchorage - almost 500 miles away
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
WESTERN ALASKA FLOODS UPDATE:
Authorities have determined that none of the housing in either Kipnuk or Kwigillingok is safe to occupy
Residents were being evacuated to Bethel. But now… residents of both villages will be evacuated to Anchorage - almost 500 miles away
Authorities have determined that none of the housing in either Kipnuk or Kwigillingok is safe to occupy
Residents were being evacuated to Bethel. But now… residents of both villages will be evacuated to Anchorage - almost 500 miles away
A typhoon devastated Alaska Native communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, including the Yup’ik villages of Kwigillingok and Kipnuk. Here are some places to donate:
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
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October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A typhoon devastated Alaska Native communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, including the Yup’ik villages of Kwigillingok and Kipnuk. Here are some places to donate:
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
Evacuees from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok wait to board the first evacuation flight to Anchorage today at the Alaska National Guard Readiness Center in Bethel.
October 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Evacuees from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok wait to board the first evacuation flight to Anchorage today at the Alaska National Guard Readiness Center in Bethel.
My City Manager reports YKHC is mobilizing teams to get to Kipnuk and Kwigillingok with water and medical resources. Charter flights are being prepped to head to the coast.
October 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My City Manager reports YKHC is mobilizing teams to get to Kipnuk and Kwigillingok with water and medical resources. Charter flights are being prepped to head to the coast.
Great reporting by freelance journalist Jenni Monet -
"Hearings on Kipnuk and Kwigillingok exposed FEMA delays, relocation gaps and growing calls for a federal climate migration framework"
"Hearings on Kipnuk and Kwigillingok exposed FEMA delays, relocation gaps and growing calls for a federal climate migration framework"
Six months after Halong, typhoon survivors tell senators Alaska villages need more than disaster aid, writes Jenni Monet for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/07/s...
Six months after Halong, typhoon survivors tell senators Alaska villages need more than disaster aid | Alaska Beacon
Over two days of field hearings in Anchorage and Bethel, storm survivors from the hard-hit villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok offered a rare, emotional accounts of the fear and lingering hardship.
alaskabeacon.com
May 8, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Great reporting by freelance journalist Jenni Monet -
"Hearings on Kipnuk and Kwigillingok exposed FEMA delays, relocation gaps and growing calls for a federal climate migration framework"
"Hearings on Kipnuk and Kwigillingok exposed FEMA delays, relocation gaps and growing calls for a federal climate migration framework"
About 170 dogs have been rescued from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, two of the communities hardest hit by this month's storm in Western Alaska. Rescuers anticipate more to come. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
The race is on to rescue dogs that Western Alaska storm evacuees had to leave behind
www.adn.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
About 170 dogs have been rescued from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, two of the communities hardest hit by this month's storm in Western Alaska. Rescuers anticipate more to come. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
does anyone have an update from kwigillingok??
1/2 Early Sunday morning satellite pix and Nome weather radar show ex-typhoon Halong centered over Norton Sound south of Nome and moving quickly to the north-northeast. Severe flooding and damage and power outages overnight in the YK Delta region. #akwx #weather #ExtremeWeather
October 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
does anyone have an update from kwigillingok??
To be clear, this is a coastal flooding disaster of unprecedented proportions at Kipnuk, and probably at Kwigillingok too.
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
To be clear, this is a coastal flooding disaster of unprecedented proportions at Kipnuk, and probably at Kwigillingok too.