Swept away homes, unearthed graves, submerged hunting trails: how Typhoon Halong destroyed an Alaskan village
by Jenni Monet from US news | The Guardian on (#70XKY)
Nearly all of Kipnuk's 700 residents were evacuated, but when they return the effects of climate crisis will still loom
Silver-lined clouds hung over the Yup'ik village of Kwigillingok the Thursday before a weekend storm was forecast to pass through.
Dan Winkelman was at the community health clinic for a ground-breaking ceremony, a commemoration of the facility's much needed expansion. The renovation - part of a $100m effort by the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) - was an example of the non-profit matching its money to its mission: to represent the healthiest people" in south-western Alaska.
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