The slide Sunday afternoon just above the Southeast Alaska city’s downtown sent tons of debris and mud onto a half-dozen homes, killing one person and injuring three.
A landslide in Ketchikan on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, damaged homes and forced evacuations. Borough officials said Sunday evening that there was one known fatality.
A dozen people stayed at an emergency shelter established at Ketchikan High School on Sunday night, emergency officials said. Others are staying with family or friends. Ketchikan City Hall was closed on Monday, along with all schools. “We want to, as reasonably as possible, assure the safety of the folks that are going to go in and begin the recovery effort before we send them in,” Dial said Monday morning.
“The decision to continue or suspend operations is ultimately up to individual companies, tour providers, and downtown businesses,” the statement said. “If there is no health or safety issue, the City will not intervene into business decisions or impede commerce for our local businesses.” A view of the landslide, photographed from Leah Canfield's bathroom window on Monday morning, Aug. 26, 2024 in Ketchikan.
Two hours later, as Canfield and her husband napped, she saw the flash of a damaged power line and heard a roar and thought a thunderstorm had started. Then her house began to shake. It had been hit by another home.
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