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The remnants of Typhoon Halong tracked farther east than expected, slamming into the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta coast early Sunday morning. Officials said Sunday afternoon that the hardest-hit communities appeared to be Kipnuk, Kwigillingok and Napakiak.
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The storm brought record high water to two low-lying Alaska Native communities and washed away homes, some with people inside.
The Alaska National Guard transported 205 people displaced by ex-typhoon Halong from Bethel to Anchorage in a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Thursday. It was the second of multiple flights to transport people who evacuated Kipnuk and other affected villages in the region. (Marc Lester / ADN)