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Search-and-Rescue Operations Underway in Western Alaska After Storm

  • On Monday, the Alaska State Troopers said at least 34 people were rescued in Kwigillingok and Kipnuk after a powerful storm flooded coastal communities and destroyed homes.
  • Meteorologists said the remnants of Typhoon Halong battered the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Sunday, with hurricane-force winds up to 100 mph and tides surging over 6 feet in Kipnuk and Kwigillingok.
  • U.S. Coast Guard and National Guard aircraft rescued 51 people and two dogs, while video showed at least a dozen houses floated off foundations with families inside.
  • Search teams are continuing to verify reports of missing residents, with troopers saying another 18 were rescued in Kwigillingok, 16 in Kipnuk, and three people remain unaccounted for.
  • The National Weather Service forecasts flooding into Monday with a Coastal Flood Warning through Monday afternoon as water levels reach 4 to 6 feet above normal high tide, and the Coastal Villages Region Fund said devastation may exceed Typhoon Merbok in 2022.
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Alaska authorities confirmed the first deadly victim of the severe weather of the weekend, when the remnants of typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with hurricane winds, cyclone surges and floods of water. They even ripped entire houses from their foundations. Read more]]>

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1 killed, 51 rescued as western Alaska communities devastated by floods caused by Typhoon Halong's remnants

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have brought hurricane-force winds and ravaging storm surges to western Alaska. Authorities say one person is dead and two remain missing.

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By Hanna Park and Mary Gilbert, CNN Rescue teams in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help the more than 1,000 people displaced by the fierce, hurricane-force wind gusts of what was once Typhoon Halong, which leveled remote coastal communities, unleashed a record-breaking storm surge and swept homes completely off their foundations. At least one person, an adult female, was found dead in the hamlet of Kwigillingok on Monda…

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