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‘I never seen a slide of this magnitude’: Alaska landslide kills 1, at least 3 injured

By Natalie Neysa Alund

 

Mandatory evacuations are underway in a southeastern Alaska city after a landslide leveled homes and businesses, leaving at least one person dead and multiple people injured Sunday.

Land detached from a hill side about 4 p.m. local time, significantly damaging roads and knocking out power, officials with the city of Ketchikan, reported.

“In my 65 years in Ketchikan, I have never seen a slide of this magnitude,” they city’s Mayor Dave Kiffer said in a release. “The loss of life that we have encountered is heartbreaking, and my heart goes out to those who lost their homes.”

At least one person died and three people were taken to a hospital to be treated for unspecified injuries, city officials said.

Mandatory evacuations were underway in the southeastern Alaska of Ketchikan, after a landslide leveled homes and businesses on Aug. 25, 2024, leaving at least one person dead and multiple people injured Sunday.

Early Monday morning, a city emergency dispatcher told USA TODAY no additional injuries had been reported.

It was not immediately known how many people were displaced.

“A potential secondary landslide area has been identified south of the original landside,” the city wrote, adding emergency crews were standing by…

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