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KETCHIKAN, Alaska – A landslide along Alaska ’s southeastern coast has killed one person, injured several others and damaged homes and infrastructure.
An evacuation order has been issued for residents of Third Avenue and nearby streets, and a shelter has been opened at a nearby high school following the landslide located about 300 miles south of Juneau. A landslide along Alaska’s southeastern coast of Ketchikan on Sunday has killed one person, injured several others and damaged homes and infrastructure.“My thoughts and prayers are with the residents of Ketchikan tonight,” Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said following his issuance of a disaster declaration late Sunday evening.
“With the slides we have seen across the region, there is clearly a region-wide issue that we need to try to understand with the support of our state geologist,” Kiffer said.
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