By KATHY McCORMACK

A nor’easter churned its way up the East Coast on Sunday, washing out roads and prompting air travel delays as heavily populated areas of the Northeast experienced excessive rain, lashing winds and coastal flooding. Across the continent in western Alaska, the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought hurricane- force winds and catastrophic flooding to coastal communities where entire houses were pushed off their foundations.

The U.S. Coast Guard was headed to tiny Alaskan villages to respond to “reports of persons in distress,” the state Department of Public Safety said in a statement.

Alaska governor says ‘help is on the way’

More than 170 people stayed overnight at a community shelter in Kipnuk, where the water level rose overnight 6.6 feet (2 meters) above the highest t

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