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Posts by Rick Thoman

Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

October 20, 2025
The village of Kipnuk submerged by water

This story originally appeared in The Conversation. Remnants of a powerful typhoon swept into Western Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Oct. 12, 2025, producing a storm surge that flooded villages as…

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