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Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Rescue efforts have airlifted at least 300 people from parts of Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halgong sent storm surge of over 6 feet into the state's coast.

The Alaska National Guard called it the largest airlift in the state's recent history.

Typhoon Halong brought extreme winds -- some over 100 mph -- that overturned homes. Storm surge flooded villages . Kipnuk and Kwigillingok were hardest hit. Storm surge reached 6.6 feet in Kipnuk, almost two feet higher than the previous record.

Overnight the Guard evacuated 300 people from a regional shelter that was at capacity in Bethel to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, about 400 miles away. The remaining residents of the two villages will be evacuated from Bethel to Ancho

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