Storm battering western Alaska causes widespread flooding:
The force of the water moved some homes in Alaska off their foundations
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Severe Flooding Hits Western Alaska CoastTyphoon Merbok's remnants caused flooding and power outages, displacing residents and damaging homes on Sept 17, 2022.
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- A powerful storm remnant of Typhoon Merbok caused widespread flooding and power loss in several western Alaskan coastal villages.
- In Golovin, water levels rose 11 feet above normal high tides with wind gusts reaching up to 67 mph.
- Some homes were displaced from their foundations, including one in Nome that floated down a river until trapped at a bridge.
- Officials issued disaster declarations and warned floodwaters could take up to 14 hours to recede in affected areas.
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