Alaska Declares State of Emergency Due to Typhoon Merbok Tha

On Monday, authorities were contacting some of the most isolated settlements in the United States to assess the need for food and water as well as the extent of damage caused by a big weekend storm that swamped communities along Alaska's wide western coast.

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