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3 dead, 3 missing in Alaska landslide 00:22. A landslide that ripped down a sopping, heavily forested mountainside in southeast Alaska killed three people, injured a woman and left three other ...
In response to public feedback, the landslide hazard maps are now more generic in the draft — without severity ratings.
Heavy rain triggers devastating landslide in Alaska 02:34. A landslide in the city of Ketchikan in extreme southeast Alaska has killed at least one person and injured at least three, local ...
The landslide Sunday afternoon prompted a mandatory evacuation of 60 nearby homes in the city, a popular cruise ship stop along the famed Inside Passage in the Alaska panhandle.
A landslide in southern Alaska on Sunday left one person dead and several others injured, and some residents have been ordered to evacuate as officials warn another slide could strike nearby.
Alaska’s Department of Transportation said the landslide’s path grew to an estimated 450 feet wide and had a significant debris field. The area where the landslide struck had been particularly ...
WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — Authorities on Friday identified those missing or killed in an Alaska landslide this week as five family members and their neighbor, a commercial fisherman who made a ...
Scientists are finding out some people don’t want it. Residents of Juneau, the state capital and the region’s biggest city at just over 31,000 people, convinced assembly members in the city to ...
The landslide took place at about 9 p.m. Monday local time in Wrangell, Alaska, where “the slide covered and effectively closed Zimovia Highway” at its 11th milepost, the Alaska Department of ...
A landslide in southern Alaska on Sunday left one person dead and several others injured, and some residents have been ordered to evacuate as officials warn another slide could strike nearby.
Deadly landslides are increasing around the world. But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial. By Austyn Gaffney Photographs by Christopher Miller Austyn Gaffney traveled to ...