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Okay, so in Alaska the remnants of Typhoon Halong, they basically went extra tropical and they blasted north and they impacted the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and they basically brought very strong winds on October 12th, so Sunday October 12th. And the winds were basically, so Typhoon Halong was originally a category 4 equivalent storm over the Pacific near Japan before it transitioned into this extra tropical cycle like I was mentioning over the Bering Sea. And when it hit Alaska, it brought winds of 107 miles an hour, gusting to 107 miles an hour. And the impacts were sort of similar to what you get with the category 2 hurricane because of those strong winds and the storm surge and whatnot. And the storm surge actually created flooding, so there was flooding both from the ocean, from the storm surge as well as flooding from rainfall. And the areas that were impacted are very, very remote areas. There's no road access that's typically only fly in for these areas. So the worst hit villages were Kipnuk, Quiglingok, and those two places had the most damage. The government is describing it as catastrophic damage. And they're thinking that they will not be able to rebuild 90% of these villages' homes for about 18 months. And so far 121 homes were destroyed, 2000 people are at this point in time displaced. And one person was killed and two others are still missing as a result of the storms. And the storm surge was 6 feet above normal, or 1.8 meters above normal.