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Communities destroyed, hundreds evacuated due to devastating floods in Alaska

In the aftermath of a destructive typhoon, historic floodwaters have destroyed remote communities across western Alaska, causing hundreds of evacuations that could continue for days, officials said.

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Alaska floods: What we know as hundreds evacuated after devastating storm

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Hundreds evacuated, homes destroyed as Alaska communities reel from devastating flooding

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Devastation in Alaska prompts thousands of evacuations

After typhoon remnants battered the state and triggered widespread destruction, several communities were nearly wiped out.

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Alaska airlifting hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages

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Hundreds evacuated after devastating Alaska floods

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Hundreds Airlifted From Alaskan Villages Devastated by Flooding

At least one person was killed and two are still missing.

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Alaska storms drive 1,500 from their homes and 2 villages are decimated

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Alaska airlifting hundreds from coastal villages devastated by flooding

Alaska storm damage could displace some evacuees for at least 18 months, officials say

Anchorage leaders said Friday they expect as many as 1,600 people to be evacuated to the state's largest city.

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What we know about the devastating storm in Western Alaska

The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.

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Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said in a request to the White House for a major disaster declaration.

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Trump says he'll think about Kremlin's Russia-Alaska tunnel pitch

The suggestion came amid talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump about possible resolutions to Russia's war in Ukraine.