Three Haines residents flew to the small Iñupiaq community of Golovin to muck out homes and assist with recovery from the high winds, rain and storm surge of Typhoon Merbok, which slammed into the western coast of Alaska last month.
“We were able to assist 12% of the community with muck-out needs. Homes floated sometimes 200 feet off their foundations. In one of the houses, the water line was about five feet high,” said Sylvia…