Over 20 unaccounted for in Alaska from typhoon remnants, while powerful Nor'easter pounds East Coast

Over 30 people were rescued and at least three remained unaccounted for Sunday after the remnants of a typhoon battered Alaska, while a powerful Nor'easter brought heavy rain and strong winds to the East Coast

Over 30 people were rescued and at least three remained unaccounted for Sunday after the remnants of a typhoon battered Alaska, while a powerful Nor'easter brought heavy rain and strong winds to the East Coast.

The Alaska Office of Emergency Management said Sunday evening that at least eight homes were pushed off their foundations.

Officials had said over 20 people were unaccounted for in the village of Kwigillingok because of flooding and high winds from the remnants of Typhoon Halong. That number dropped to three by later in the evening.

Search and rescue crews rescued at least 18 people in Kwigillingok on Sunday and at least 16 people in the community of Kipnuk, in the state’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the Alaska Department of Public Safety said.

Alaska State Troopers were part of a multiagency search-and-rescue operation in Kwigillingok and Kipnuk, both of which have no roadways and are isolated from larger cities, the Alaska Department of Public Safety said.