A volunteer with American Red Cross of Utah is heading to Anchorage, Alaska, to support victims of Typhoon Halong, which caused severe flooding and displaced thousands along Alaska's western coastline,

Officials in Western Alaska are racing to help more than a thousand people who have been displaced from remote coastal villages after the remnants of Typhoon Halong devastated the region.

Emergency crews rescued dozens of people in western Alaska on Sunday as flooding from the remnants of Typhoon Halong battered remote coastal communities.

A powerful nor’easter brought punishing rain and heavy wind to the east coast. Meanwhile, remnants of a typhoon stranded people in remote villages in Alaska. They had to be hoisted to safety by Coast Guard helicopters.

Hundreds of people are being evacuated from the Alaska villages hardest hit by the remnants of Typhoon Halong over the weekend.