The hazard maps are available on the town’s website, but there are no restrictions around building in a zone identified as high hazard on a landslide map. Ms. Koester said she was not aware of ...

In response to public feedback, the landslide hazard maps are now more generic in the draft — without severity ratings.

“The map for Wrangell includes 256 landslides.” He said it’s helpful to look at all the surrounding landslides in order to contextualize the massive one from 2023.

Map provided by the Alaska Earthquake Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks. Seismic events that struck Alaska and neighboring areas in 2024 are shown in this map.

A landslide in the city of Ketchikan, Alaska, left one person dead and three others injured on Sunday. It happened at approximately 4 p.m. local time, destroying several homes and endangering part ...

Mandatory evacuations are underway in a southeastern Alaska city after a landslide leveled homes and businesses, leaving at least one person dead and multiple people injured Sunday. Land detached ...

The aftermath of a deadly landslide is seen in Ketchikan, Alaska, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (Anna Laffrey/Ketchikan Daily News via AP) Ketchikan is surrounded by the Tongass National Forest, a ...

Debris left behind from a 2022 landslide, on Gastineau Avenue in Juneau on Sept. 26, 2024. Deadly landslides are increasing around the world, but in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — One person was killed and three were injured by a landslide that prompted a mandatory evacuation in the Alaska city of Ketchikan, authorities said.

Scientists are finding out some people don’t want it. Residents of Juneau, the state capital and the region’s biggest city at just over 31,000 people, convinced assembly members in the city to ...