Landslide buries primary road connecting Alaska resort community to city of Seward

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The city of Seward in Alaska has declared a state of emergency after a major landslide blocked a primary tourist road leaving vehicles at a standstill.

Brenda Ballou, a spokesperson for the city, told CNN a few hundred people live in Lowell Point, an unincorporated, heavily-visited tourist area on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage.Marissa Beck, who owns a rental property in Seward, told CNN there are many cabins and rental houses in the area, and guests are now stuck in town or cannot get to their rentals. Many people are taking water taxis or their own boats to get to the other side of the slide.

Read More"Rocks would fall continuously and once in a while some bigger rubble would come down, but there were no signs that the slide was going to be that extensive." Caole said."When the slide first started I noticed the first tree came down and then quickly after that I could see all the trees upwards falling in unison," Caole said. The slide is about 300 feet wide, CNN affiliate KTUU reported, citing Ballou.

 

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