When the remnants of Typhoon Halong blew through Kwigillingok in October, Lucy Martin sheltered in her home with her boys and her father.
“Just after 2:15 a.m., I looked out the window and I saw graves rolling, graves and caskets rolling,” Martin said. “It was a real-life horror movie for me.”
Martin spoke at a roundtable in Anchorage on Tuesday convened by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The goal was for federal officials to hear from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok leaders about challenges the communities still face and ideas for how to move forward…