Remote Alaska village is still recovering from 2025 storm

KYUK | By Samantha Watson

Published November 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM EST

Last October, remnants of a typhoon slammed into the Western Alaska coast. We hear from the ground from Kipnuk about how people are trying to rebuild enough to move back.

Samantha Watson

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