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Environment
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1 day ago

Houses floated away in this Alaska Native village. Now residents want to move

Kwigillingok faces worsening flooding, thawing permafrost, and erosion with no funded relocation plan, prompting mass evacuations and consideration of permanent resettlement.
US news
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1 month ago

What we know about the devastating storm in Western Alaska

Typhoon Halong's remnant caused hurricane-force winds and record flooding across Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, displacing over 1,000 and devastating multiple coastal villages.
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