The villages of Newtok and Napakiak were two of the many communities that were slammed by the massive September storm that hit Western Alaska. Now, they're getting help to relocate.
“The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced two $25 million grants, one for Newtok and one for Napakiak to assist in their relocation efforts”, Garrett Boyle, the federal co-chair of the Denali Commission, told Alaska’s News Source.Federal officials say they are distributing money as part of their work with communities that have been and are expected to be severely impacted by climate-related environmental threats.
For Napakiak and Newtok, that means working with community leaders to begin the process of relocation. Phillip Carl is the Newtok village council administrator and says he has seen the extent of the erosion firsthand. “We need to get those homes built as soon as possible, because erosion is really bad,” Carl said. “It’s not safe for people living there.”after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok landed in Alaska
this fall, pummeling coastal communities and heightening the urgency to prepare for future flooding and erosion issues. “To be safe is the most important thing and we just don’t want people living there because every time we have floods, it reaches some of the houses and the storm we had was a total — the worst flood we ever had,” Carl said.
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