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

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

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23 h. ago Alaska floods: What we know as hundreds evacuated after devastating storm

Hundreds of residents from remote Alaska Native villages are being airlifted after a storm battered their communities

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39 h. ago What we know about the devastating Alaska storm and the evacuation effort

Hundreds of residents from remote Alaska Native villages are being airlifted after a storm battered their communities

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39 h. ago Alaska works to rescue storm victims by helicopter and plane in historic airlift

Officials say one of the “most significant” airlifts in Alaskan history is underway following a devastating typhoon

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63 h. ago More than 400 Alaska residents are sheltering in school without working toilets after storms

About 1,000 residents are sleeping in two local schools – one of which doesn’t have working toilets, and the other, which has intermittent electricity and plumbing issues

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68 h. ago More than 1,500 people displaced after typhoon remnants devastate Alaskan villages

At least one person was killed and two were missing after weekend storm battered two Alaska Native communitiesMore rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaska 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.The weekend storm brought high winds and surf that battered the low-lying Alaska Native communities along the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the south-western part of the state, nearly 500 miles (800km) from Anchorage. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago More than 1,500 people displaced after typhoon remnants devastate Alaska villages

At least one person was killed and two were missing after weekend storm battered two Alaska Native communitiesThe Alaskan coast was bracing for more rain and wind on Wednesday after a devastating storm decimated two small native villages, killing at least one person and and displacing more than 1,500 people.Over the weekend, the remnants of Typhoon Halong hit remote communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, in the south-western part of the state, bringing fierce winds, rain and record-breaking storm surge that caused some homes to float away. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Nor’easter brings flooding to US east coast as storm sweeps away homes in Alaska

Areas from the Carolinas to New England see flooding and high winds, while flooding in Alaska carries away homesNew Jersey and parts of New York City were under a state of emergency on Monday as slow-moving nor’easter moved up the easter US seaboard, while in western Alaska remnants of Typhoon Halong lashed coastal hamlets and ripped houses off their foundations.In Alaska, rescue aircraft were sent to the villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, where there were reports of up to 20 people possibly unaccounted for. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago US east coast braces for nor’easter while storm sweeps away homes in Alaska

Areas from the Carolinas to New England see flooding and high winds as flooding in Alaska carries away homesNew Jersey and parts of New York City were under a state of emergency on Monday as slow-moving nor’easter moved up the easter US seaboard, while in western Alaska remnants of Typhoon Halong lashed coastal hamlets and ripped houses off their foundations.In Alaska, rescue aircraft were sent to the villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, where there were reports of up to 20 people possibly unaccounted for. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A bad night’s sleep does even more damage than we first thought

Participants were classed as having chronic insomnia if their medical records contained at least two insomnia diagnoses a month apart

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