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Evacuating Remote Alaska Was Hard. Rebuilding Will Be Even Harder.

Inside Climate News · By Kiley Price · last updated
Villages in Western Alaska were hit by the remnants of a violent typhoon last week. Many survivors are unlikely to return home for more than a year.

By Kiley Price

When the remnants of a deadly typhoon slammed Western Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta a week and a half ago, it brought hurricane-force winds and catastrophic flooding to the remote area.