Eric Stone
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Alaska Public Media
On Wednesday and Thursday, hundreds of people from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok boarded military transport planes headed for Anchorage, leaving their homes, belongings and communities behind.
Jeremy Zidek
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Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
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That included residents of Kwigillingok, who were boarding military helicopters with the few possessions they could carry. -
Mohamed Abdullahi Hajir, 39, faces charges of criminally negligent homicide and using a screen device while driving. -
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Nearly 50 people were displaced — and many are still paying mortgages and condo fees on homes they can no longer live in. -
“Things are literally shifting from beneath our feet, beneath our waters," said Andrea Burgess, head of Native Peoples Action. -
"We saw a lot of damage," says Lt. Blake David Brostrom. "We saw homes that were as much as 3 miles away from where they should have been, ripped off of their foundations." -
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Nearly all the homes in both towns were damaged and a tribal administrator said it was unsafe to stay. -
Difficult decisions as two western Alaska communities are evacuated due to storm damage. -
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