JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One of the biggest emergency responses in Alaska in decades was underway Wednesday after the remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed into coastal villages, bringing a record storm surge over the weekend that swept away homes — some with people still inside — and leaving 1,500 residents in makeshift shelters.

Authorities worked to evacuate people to larger communities, including possibly hundreds of miles away in Anchorage, and provide food, clean water, power and fuel as rain and snow threatened in the coming days. One person died and two remain missing following the storm.

The crisis unfolding in southwest Alaska, where communities are accessible by boat or air, has drawn attention to Trump administration cuts to federal grants aimed at helping some small, mostly Indi

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