Trump approved $25 million for Halong
*Biden approved $200 million for Merbok.
*Argentina $40 million
*Kristi Noem Jets $172 million
*Destroying the White House $200+ million
*Trump demands $230 from DOJ
*AIDEA Alaska Industrial Development Export Authority $50 million for Ambler Road

you and I are doing the same accounting today... an dlikely feeling equally dismayed!

there are also lots of Merbok photos being used in place of Halong photos, which is also concerning. We should be able to know that what we are looking at is truthful, accurate and vetted by real journalists and editors

i have not seen any. I think part of the problem is communications are really tough there now. I suspect the numbers are quite high.

How do I know this? I took a deep dive into brand new housing in one Alaska Native community and hired an inspector for a two-and-a-half year investigation. You can read it here: www.propublica.org/article/newt...

The UN considers safe, healthy housing a human right. The remnants of Typhoon Halong and Merbok are storms that reveal the inaccessibility of adequate housing in one of America's most impoverished census regions.

How can an entire house come off its foundation and float away? It's likely most of this housing is federally subsidized, designed and built to lower 48 standards and to standards that wouldn't pass inspection (if they were inspected at all) today.

First, these numbers are wild:
Nightmute: at least 17 homes reported damage
Napakiak: reports of at least 20 homes with damage
Kwigillinok: 37 homes have drifted away in flood waters
Kotlik: footage shows an overturned house