'We got hope': The few who remain in storm-ravaged Kipnuk race to rebuild

'We got hope': The few who remain in storm-ravaged Kipnuk race to rebuild

Debris sits in a pile in Kipnuk, Alaska on Oct. 19, 2025, a week after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought catastrophic flooding and hurricane-force winds to the village. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) It’s Sunday in Kipnuk. And like a lot of folks on Sundays, Tony Paul is headed to the hardware store. “We’re making progress every day, seems like,” he said. Unlike a lot of folks, he needs a boat to get there. “It floated away,” he said, ges…