Nor’easter brings flooding to US east coast as storm sweeps away homes in Alaska

Areas from the Carolinas to New England see flooding and high winds, while flooding in Alaska carries away homes

New Jersey and parts of New York City were under a state of emergency on Monday as slow-moving nor'easter moved up the easter US seaboard, while in western Alaska remnants of Typhoon Halong lashed coastal hamlets and ripped houses off their foundations.

In Alaska, rescue aircraft were sent to the villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, where there were reports of up to 20 people possibly unaccounted for.