Jeron Joseph poses Tuesday with Native foods served at the downtown Anchorage convention center that’s been repurposed as a shelter for evacuees from the storm that caused devastating flooding in Western Alaska earlier this month. (Nathaniel Herz/KYUK and Northern Journal)
A note from Northern Journal publisher and KYUK collaborator Nathaniel Herz:
Here’s a second piece from Jeron Joseph, a resident of the Western Alaska village of Kwigillingok who was forced to evacuate after a remnant typhoon flooded his village and destroyed some 35% of its buildings. The storm caused significant damage in more than a dozen villages in the region, and this week, President Donald Trump approved a federal disaster declaration in response.…