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Storm decimates 2 Alaskan villages and drives more than 1,500 people from their homes
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — More rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaskan coast where two tiny villages were decimated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong and officials were scrambling to find shelter for more than 1,500 people driven from their 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,
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High winds and storm surge seawater from Typhoon Halong battered low-lying, isolated Alaska Native communities in western Alaska.
TOKYO -- TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain from a typhoon on Thursday battered a chain of Japanese islands south of Tokyo and the government urged residents to watch for landslides and flooding. Kyodo news agency reported there has been record rainfall in parts of the Izu island chain located 280 kilometers (174 miles) south of the Japanese capital.