US EditionArchaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup’ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong
- On October 12, ex-Typhoon Halong struck Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, displacing about 2,000 people and destroying nearly all homes in Kipnuk, as part of back-to-back storms in western Alaska.
- Scientists have long warned that warming in the North Pacific and Bering Sea can energize storms, while declining sea ice, thawing permafrost, and a Pacific marine heatwave have intensified erosion and storm impacts.
- At Quinhagak the storm devoured shoreline and scattered artifacts, swallowing 60 feet and scattering thousands of Yup'ik pieces with about 1,000 recovered earlier this month.
- Survivors scattered to Bethel, Fairbanks and Anchorage where shelters opened and the Anchorage school district is absorbing at least 130 displaced students while many families lost winter stores and subsistence tools.
- Investments under Biden-era clean energy and infrastructure laws aimed to fund resilience, but the new administration canceled dozens of projects, including a $20 million EPA plan for Kipnuk amid threats to over 30 villages.
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Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup'ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong (World)
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 lure and other artifacts were strewn, in some cases for miles, along the beach. The Yup'ik community near the edge of...
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Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup'ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong
A Yup'ik community near the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska was spared the widespread devastation other communities experienced from the remnants of Typhoon Halong earlier this month.
Storm Damages Yup’ik Village Site in Alaska - Archaeology Magazine
QUINHAGAK, ALASKA—According to a report in The Anchorage Daily News, the storm known as Typhoon Halong swallowed up as much as 60 feet of land in some areas of Western Alaska’s coastline earlier this month. The Nunalleq archaeological site—the remains of a Yup’ik village inhabited between about A.D. 1300 and 1650—was damaged as a result. Residents of the nearby village of Quinhagak have been scouring the beach since the storm, and have rescued a…
The world has moved on but climate change fueled-storms triggered a humanitarian disaster in Alaska (Opinion)
Powerful back-to-back storms have ravaged dozens of mostly Alaska Native communities in western Alaska: Approximately 2,000 people were displaced, and at least one village was entirely torn apart. Many people lost everything and are now sheltering far from home, where they face an uncertain future. Unfortunately, climate change is part of their story. On October 12, ex-Typhoon Halong, the second and stronger storm, slammed into the villages of K…
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