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A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact

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Six people were killed in a landslide on Wrangell Island, Alaska, in November. The slide killed a family of five, demolished two houses and buried the highway. The community is trying to get back on its feet and assess landslide risk. As the climate continues to warm, intense rains are expected to become more frequent.

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CBC News

A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact

Residents in Wrangell, Alaska, were devastated last November when a torrent of earth and trees rushed down a mountainside, killing six people, including a family of five; demolishing two houses; and burying the highway.

1 month ago·Canada

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Associated Press News

A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact

Communities in southeast Alaska have long co-existed with landslide risks. Rain is a part of life there, with much of the region in the Tongass National Forest, a temperate rainforest.

1 month ago·United States

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abc News

A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact

Communities in southeast Alaska have long co-existed with landslide risks

1 month ago·United States

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KIFI

A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — Jamie Roberts and her husband felt lucky when they found an A-frame cabin on forest-draped Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska, where they could settle on a few acres and have some chickens. A stretch of highway a few miles north, the only road into town, did make her nervous; there, waterfalls cascaded and rocks tumbled from towering bluffs on stormy days. But she always felt safe at her…

1 month ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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National Post

A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact

WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) -- Jamie Roberts and her husband felt lucky when they found an A-frame cabin on forest-draped Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska, where they could settle on a few acres and have some chickens.

1 month ago·Canada

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Coast Reporter

A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact

WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — Jamie Roberts and her husband felt lucky when they found an A-frame cabin on forest-draped Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska, where they could settle on a few acres and have some chickens.

1 month ago·Sechelt, Canada

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