A landslide tore through a steep, forested hillside in Ketchikan, Alaska, crashing into homes and killing at least one person.
At least one person was killed, and three others were hurt after a landslide cut a path down a steep, thickly forested hillside and crashed into several homes in Ketchika, Alaska. Mandatory evacuations were ordered of nearby homes in the city, a popular cruise ship stop along the famed Inside Passage in the Alaska panhandle. The slope remained unstable Monday, and authorities said that state and local geologists were arriving to assess the potential for further slides.
But as climate change intensifies storms and destabilizes soil, they are posing more risk to communities.RELATED: Alaska landslide destroys homes in wake of soaking atmospheric river; 3 deadBecause of the steep terrain, there's limited room for development in the region, and cities and roads are built at the base of slopes.
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