One person is dead and two are missing in western Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halong over the weekend brought hurricane-force winds and ravaging storm surges and floodwaters that swept some homes away, authorities said.

Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help the over 1,000 people displaced after ferocious, hurricane-force wind gusts from what once was Typhoon Halong tore through remote,

Emergency rescues are underway in Alaska after Typhoon Halong has caused widespread damage along coastal cities.

Multiple military search and rescue helicopters and planes were scrambled after Typhoon Halong swept away homes in western Alaska.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have devastated Western Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, leaving 20 people unaccounted for in Kwigillingok and forcing families to evacuate as homes were swept off their foundations by record flooding, according to Alaska Public Media.