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The parents of the 20-year-old whose body was found in Bethel in November 2023 under suspicious circumstances are suing for alleged negligence, discrimination, and emotional distress.
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The Kuskokwim Delta community evacuated dozens of residents and welcomed in dozens from nearby coastal villages hit hardest by the storm. As cold weather arrives, many still don't know if their homes will be livable again.
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During the storm, wind speeds on the island reached 100 miles per hour and caused massive flooding of low-lying areas, floating homes off their foundations in Nightmute and destroying the subsistence site known as Umkumiut.
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Some communities are turning to gardens and greenhouses to protect against shortages.
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Severe erosion in the coastal community has put critical infrastructure in peril and destroyed a vital archaeological lens into the past.
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Half a dozen helicopter crews and other aircrafts have worked since the weekend to move people and supplies where they’re needed in the storm-battered Kuskokwim Delta.
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People from Kwigillingok and Kipnuk were evacuated to a 100-bed shelter set up at Bethel’s National Guard Armory. Local and regional organizations are collecting donations and fundraising to support families impacted by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.
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The woman, whose name has not been released publicly, was found on Monday. Troopers are actively searching for two other people who are still missing from Kwigillingok.
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The three people unaccounted for are from Kwigillingok, one of the communities devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.
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Remnants of Typhoon Halong have hit communities across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. In Bethel, it accounted for flooding in parts of town close to the river early on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 12.
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Outside of Bethel, there’s only one official restaurant in the entire Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. But bypass mail price hikes could threaten the iconic eatery’s future.
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Communities are tallying up damage from a severe Bering Sea storm that brought flood warnings to a vast swath of Alaska’s western coast. But along the Yukon Delta coast, no significant damage was reported as of the morning of Thursday, Oct. 9.