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An emergency dig is on to recover displaced artifacts in Alaska before the next storm

KYUK | By Samantha Watson
Published September 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM EDT

During Typhoon Halong in 2025, thousands of objects from an archeological dig site in western Alaska were torn from the earth and scattered across miles of coastline. Now, there's an emergency dig.

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