KIPNUK, Alaska – Satellite imagery is revealing the scope of the damage left behind after this week's catastrophic flooding and wind damage from a powerful coastal storm fueled by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

Wind gusts reached as high as 80-100 mph, driving in a storm surge that pushed water several feet above high tide levels, flooding entire towns and villages. The results were one killed, at least 51 rescued, and hundreds displaced.

According to state officials, more than 40 communities were impacted by the storm, including the villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok which were among the hardest hit. It triggered what Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy described as what might have been the largest airlift of Alaskans following a disaster in state history. Some 300 displaced residents were plac

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