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Byline: Austyn Gaffney and Christopher Miller Deadly landslides are increasing around the world. But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial. James and Bill Montivér had just [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Anthony Robledo USA TODAY Show Caption Hide Caption At least one person is dead, others injured after landslide in AlaskaAt least one person is dead and mandatory evacuations are [...]

USA TODAY Show Caption Hide Caption At least one person is dead, others injured after landslide in AlaskaAt least one person is dead and mandatory evacuations are underway after a [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, August 26, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A landslide in Ketchikan, U.S. state of Alaska, killed one person and injured three others on Sunday, the Anchorage Daily News [...]

Byline: Elizabeth Wolfe and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — ©ÀJames Montiver, 70, was relaxing on his sofa early Sunday evening when he suddenly heard a loud roar and [...]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A landslide cut a path down a steep, thickly forested hillside and crashed into several homes in Ketchikan, killing one person and injuring three in the [...]

Byline: DARRYL COOTE Aug. 26 (UPI) -- At least one person was killed and several others were injured in a landslide that hit the Alaskan coastal city of Ketchikan on [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski: Earlier today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation favorably reported U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski's […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The following information was released by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA): Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to Alaska businesses and residents affected by severe storm, [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The following information was released by FEMA: FEMA Individual Assistance is now available for residents of the City and Borough of Wrangell affected by the landslides that [...]

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced a bill to reauthorize the National Landslide Preparedness Act, which they led into law in 2020, to help communities prepare [...]

Three people were killed and three were missing after a landslide barreled down a heavily forested, rain-soaked mountainside and smashed into homes in a remote fishing community in Alaska. The [...]

Byline: MARK MORAN Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Officials in the southeast Alaska island city of Wrangell announced Thursday that they have officially suspended their efforts to find a 12-year-old boy [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The following information was released by the office of the Governor of Alaska: Today Governor Mike Dunleavy met with residents and community leaders in Wrangell following Monday [...]

Byline: Taylor Romine and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — Authorities on Friday released the names of the three people killed and three others still missing after a landslide [...]

Byline: Taylor Romine and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — The search for three people missing after a landslide covered an Alaskan highway on Monday is moving 'from an [...]

Byline: Taylor Romine and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — The search for three people missing after a landslide covered an Alaskan highway on Monday is moving 'from an [...]

Byline: MARK MORAN Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Efforts to recover more victims of a landslide that killed three people in a rural southeast Alaska community are moving from an 'active' [...]

Byline: Taylor Romine, Susannah Cullinane and Alberto Moya, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — Search crews in southern Alaska have found the body of a missing 11-year-old girl following a landslide [...]

Byline: Taylor Romine, Susannah Cullinane, Alberto Moya and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — Search crews in southern Alaska located the remains of another person who went missing in [...]

Byline: Taylor Romine, Susannah Cullinane and Alberto Moya, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — Search crews in southern Alaska have located the remains of another person who went missing in a [...]

Byline: Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — A group in southeast Alaska rescued about 20 people after three people were found dead in a remote community rocked by a [...]

Byline: Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — At least one person was found dead and multiple others are believed to be missing after a large landslide covered a highway [...]

Byline: Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — A girl was found dead and five others are still missing after a large landslide covered a highway near a remote community [...]

Byline: Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — At least one person was found dead and multiple others are believed to be missing after a large landslide covered a highway [...]

Byline: Anna-Maja Rappard and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — Three people have been found dead, including a young girl, and others are still missing after a large landslide [...]

Byline: SHERI WALSH Nov. 21 (UPI) -- One person was killed and an unknown number of others are still missing in a large landslide that destroyed three homes near the [...]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The following information was released by RAND Corp.: A hard rain was rattling against the rooftops of Sitka, Alaska, as day broke on August 18, 2015. [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: REGULATORY RELIEF: Guidance to Help Financial Institutions and Facilitate Recovery in Areas of Alaska Affected by a [...]

Byline: Hannah Sarisohn and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) -- An area outside the Lowell Point community near Seward, Alaska, was still unstable Sunday, following a Saturday landslide which blocked access [...]

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statements after Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that $25 million from the [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski: 12.17.20 The Senate yesterday passed bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help communities prepare for and respond to landslides and [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The following information was released by the office of the Governor of Alaska: Governor Mike Dunleavy and members of his public safety, emergency response and transportation teams [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Majority Office: The U.S. Senate yesterday unanimously approved bipartisan legislation led by [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday chaired a full committee hearing to discuss natural hazards, including volcanoes, earthquakes, [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The following information was released by the office of the governor of Alaska: Governor Bill Walker declared a state disaster yesterday for landslide-related damages in Sitka, activating [...]

SITKA, Alaska -- Authorities say they have found the body of a city building official who went missing in a landslide. The city says in a news release that the [...]

Byline: James Poulson ANCHORAGE, Alaska â The search for a third man believed buried in landslide debris in Alaska took on renewed urgency Friday, with rain in the forecast expected [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska â Two bodies found in landslide debris in a southeast Alaska town have been identified as two brothers who were reported missing in an area covered with tons [...]

Byline: Jeremy Zidek ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Crews searching for the body of the last man believed buried by a landslide in a coastal Alaska town sifted log-by-log Thursday through a [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The latest on the deadly landslide in Sitka, Alaska (all times local). 2:05 p.m. Officials say the body of another man has been found in debris left [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The latest on the deadly landslide in Sitka, Alaska (all times local). 9:30 a.m. The search has resumed in an Alaska coastal town for the two remaining [...]

Byline: Jeremy Zidek ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Crews have recovered one body and are working to stabilize a landslide area to aid the search for two more men believed killed when [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The following information was released by the office of the governor of Alaska: Governor Bill Walker directed members of his Disaster Policy Cabinet to expedite their response [...]

Byline: James Poulson ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Authorities had not started clearing tons of logs and mud to search for three men believed buried by a landslide because the debris that [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The latest on the deadly landslide in Sitka, Alaska (all times local). ___ 9:30 a.m. The instability of landslide debris is delaying a search for three men [...]