'Battery acid, hydraulic oil, coolant. There’s people’s leftover fuel, there’s used engine oil, old boat motors and things that have contamination in them that are now in the water,' said Chevak resident Ryan Bukowski, describing storm damage.
Boats and other gear used in subsistence fishing and hunting lie damaged or destroyed along Chevak’s coastline after the village was hit by remnants of Typhoon Merbok. declared a state of emergency
after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok destroyed most of the community’s storage sheds that hold gear and supplies for fishing and hunting. Reporter Emily Schwing is in Chevak, roughly 140 miles west of Bethel. Emily, what can you tell us about the damages there in Chevak?Well, there’s been a minimal amount of damage to houses and buildings in the community. Yesterday when I flew in, I was honestly a little bit surprised at how little damage there appeared to be. But all that changed for me when you head out to the bluff above the Chevak River at the front of town.
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