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sl8

(16,245 posts)
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 05:57 AM Aug 26

Alaska landslide kills 1 person and injures 3 in Ketchikan, authorities say

https://apnews.com/article/alaska-ketchikan-landslide-disaster-32e0ee1db2ee45a4af581dcecb017e43

Alaska landslide kills 1 person and injures 3 in Ketchikan, authorities say

Updated 4:23 AM EDT, August 26, 2024

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One person was killed and three were injured by a landslide that prompted a mandatory evacuation in the Alaska city of Ketchikan, authorities said.

Three people were transported to Ketchikan Medical Center following the landslide, which struck around 4 p.m. Sunday and damaged homes and infrastructure, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and City of Ketchikan said in a joint statement Sunday.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared an emergency for Ketchikan, while Borough Mayor Rodney Dial and city Mayor Dave Kiffer issued a separate emergency declaration.

“Friends, is with a heavy heart we relay that a landslide in the city has taken a life, caused several injuries, damaged homes and impacted our community,” Dial said in the statement.

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Alaska landslide kills 1 person and injures 3 in Ketchikan, authorities say (Original Post) sl8 Aug 26 OP
I was there on a cruise in 2018 kimbutgar Aug 26 #1
I Was There The Day After It Happened & Took This Pic; WiVoter Aug 31 #2
Wow.Thanks for the photo. nt sl8 Sep 1 #3

kimbutgar

(23,194 posts)
1. I was there on a cruise in 2018
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 10:35 AM
Aug 26

Ai just looked at the pictures from that cruise and I could see the potential of a landslide in the coastal city.

WiVoter

(1,125 posts)
2. I Was There The Day After It Happened & Took This Pic;
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 11:38 PM
Aug 31


Our tour said that to people were dead and there were some homes destroyed.
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