High winds and storm surge seawater from Typhoon Halong battered low-lying, isolated Alaska Native communities in western Alaska.

Water levels during the flooding event in western Alaska broke decades-old records after the remnants of former Typhoon Halong passed by.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have killed one person, left two missing, displaced hundreds and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.

Hurricane-force winds have devastated swaths of western Alaska and decimated at least two towns amid intense flooding that has killed at least two people. According to multiple reports, remnants of Typhoon Halong raised water levels 4 to 6 feet above normal high tide levels,

Two people remain missing in Kwigillingok, a village of about 400 near the mouth of the Kuskokwim River where a woman was found dead on Monday. Powerful storm surges forced water more than 30 miles inland.

Typhoon Halong was an unusual storm, likely fueled by the Pacific’s near-record warm surface temperatures this fall. Its timing means recovery will be even more difficult than usual for these hard-hit communities,

One person was dead and two missing in western Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought hurricane-force winds and ravaging storm surges and floodwaters to the region.

A nor'easter is churning up the East Coast, prompting New Jersey to declare a state of emergency. In Alaska, remnants of a typhoon brought powerful winds and catastrophic flooding.