Major airlift evacuations in Alaska after remnants of typhoon decimate villages
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300 Alaska Flood Victims Evacuated After Typhoon Devastation
Above: Alaska Air National Guard evacuates displaced people from Bethel, Alaska, on Oct. 15, 2025. Image copyright: Alaska National Guard/Handout/Anadolu/Getty Images
The Spin
Democratic narrative
This typhoon shows how important EPA grants are for combating climate disasters, and Trump is choosing to cut the very environmental projects created to help villages like Kipnuk. Hopefully, after watching homes washed away and thousands of indigenous people displaced, the administration will reconsider its policy of gutting desperately needed EPA grants.
Republican narrative
The most important fact is that the canceled Kipnuk grant, part of former President Biden's green energy regime, wouldn’t have stopped Typhoon Halong's devastation, as construction timelines lagged. The program was also riddled with fraud, funneling billions to Biden-allied nonprofits. Trump's EPA wisely canceled these wasteful contracts, saving taxpayer dollars from misuse and ensuring funds for legitimate Alaskan infrastructure.
Establishment-critical narrative
Both sides have let Americans down. Democrats' rigid emissions quotas and gas bans, often tied to elite-driven green agendas, ignore practical tradeoffs like local economic needs. Republicans' outright denial of climate risks dismisses real threats, leaving communities like Kipnuk exposed. Both sides shun common-sense solutions — such as pragmatic adaptation and balanced energy transitions — favoring polarized posturing over protecting vulnerable towns from escalating disasters.
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