From Bethel-based freelance photojournalist Katie Baldwin Basile: While on a recent assignment in the Western Alaska village of Kwigillingok, I met two women who had returned months after evacuating ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A fragment of a mask that was preserved for hundreds of years in permafrost sat in the muck of a low tide in the western Alaska community of Quinhagak. Wooden spoons, toys, a fishing ...

Alaska is dealing with the after-effects of Typhoon Halong, which left one person dead and three more missing, according to officials. Typhoon Halong formed into a tropical storm on Oct. 5, in the ...

Many of ex-typhoon Halong’s impacts are tangible and concrete, like damage to infrastructure and calls for village relocation. But some of the greatest impacts may be invisible.

On October 15, 2025, the reality for over 2,000 residents of Western Alaska changed overnight. Evacuees—mostly Yup’ik families from the Alaska Native villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok—boarded jets ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Storm surge seen flooding boardwalks in Tuntutuliak on Oct. 12, 2025 (Photo courtesy of Phillip Charlie via Charity Qalutaq ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. JUNEAU, Alaska — A fragment of a mask that was preserved for hundreds of years in permafrost sat in the muck of a ...

Typhoon Halong mapped: Emergency warning for Japanese islands and heavy rain forecast for California - Rainfall on Hachijo reached 207mm in three hours, the highest ever for the area, as Bay Area ...

Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III aircrew, assigned to the 176th Wing, evacuate approximately 300 displaced western Alaska residents from Bethel, Alaska, following Typhoon Halong, Oct. 15 ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One of the most significant airlifts in Alaska history was underway Wednesday to move hundreds of people from coastal villages ravaged by high surf and strong winds from the ...

Officials are evacuating hundreds of Alaskans after a powerful storm system hammered the state’s western coast this week, in what the National Guard described as one of the largest airlifts in the ...