KWIGILLINGOK, Alaska (AP) — Uncertainty looms over the future of remote Alaska Native villages devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong last month. Some evacuees express doubts about ever returning to their traditional lifestyles, while other residents remain.
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The village of Kwigillingok, Alaska sits on the edge of the Bering Sea, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, after Typhoon Halong hit the region earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Homes are surrounded by debris in Kwigillingok, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, after being damaged earlier in the month by Typhoon Halong. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
The Fox family, of Kipnuk, Alaska, get into a hotel elevator in Anchorage, Alaska as they move from temporary housing after being displaced from their village by Typhoon Halong earlier in the month, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025.. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
A moose skull and antlers sit in the permafrost in Kwigillingok, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, after the village was hit earlier in the month by Typhoon Halong. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Harry Friend walks through his brother’s flood-damaged home in Kwigillingok, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, after Typhoon Halong hit the area earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Harry Friend talks about damage to his village of Kwigillingok, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, after Typhoon Halong hit the region earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Minnie Brown, left, Patricia Twitchell, center, and Nettie Igkurak work in the school kitchen to help prepare traditional food, like King eider and fry bread, for search and rescue workers and some villagers who chose not to evacuate Kwigillingok, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, after Typhoon Halong hit earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Harry Friend walks near an overturned shed and a home that sank into the river in Kwigillingok, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, after Typhoon Halong hit the region earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Family photos of the Paul family that were salvaged from their home sit on Louise Paul’s dresser in Bethel, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, after they were displaced from their village of Kipnuk, Alaska by Typhoon Halong. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Peter “Joe” Paul looks at his phone in his temporary hotel housing in Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, after his family lost their home and were displaced from the village of Kipnuk by Typhoon Halong. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Some homes and buildings that were torn off their foundations and floated away are seen near the village of Kwigillingok, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, after Typhoon Halong hit the region earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
At left, Chantal Snyder, who lost her home in Kwigillingok, Alaska due to Typhoon Halong, walks with her son Amonte Feagle and daughter Octavia Feagle as Quent Dock, of Kipnuk, and Snyder’s sister Dolores Snyder bring out supplies they were given at a donation event for evacuees put on by the Shiloh Community Housing and World Vision, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Tuck Fox holds the hand of his mother Teena as they load into a van and move to a hotel, after taking shelter at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska, due to being displaced by Typhoon Halong earlier in the month from their village of Kipnuk. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
A dog stands in an area of Kwigillingok, Alaska, that avoided significant damage from Typhoon Halong earlier in the month, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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