In the aftermath of a destructive typhoon, communities across western Alaska have been destroyed from historic floodwaters, causing hundreds of evacuations.

Alaska State Troopers are conducting “active and ongoing search and rescue" missions in the aftermath of Typhoon Halong

Anchorage leaders said Friday they expect as many as 1,600 people to be evacuated to the state's largest city.

Alaska residents are still coming to grips with the deadly flooding from the remnants of Typhoon Halong, which wiped away villages and wreaked havoc on roads and homes. The record-setting storm left at least one person dead and damaged main roads and infrastructure, including a regional airport.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said in a request to the White House for a major disaster declaration.

The weekend storm brought high winds and storm surges that battered the low-lying Alaska Native communities along the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the southwest part of the state, nearly 500 miles from Anchorage.