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.

It also repeals landslide and avalanche maps from 1987, and bases the new rules on maps drafted in 2022 that increase the number of properties in high/severe landslide zones to 374 instead of the ...

The landslide at Pretty Rocks, at about the halfway point of the Denali National Park road, is seen on May 5. The project to install a new bridge that will allow the road to reopen is challenging ...

View of Wrangell landslide at Zimovia Highway, looking east, Nov. 22, 2023. (Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities) Soils saturated by heavy rains unleashed the massive ...

Alaska landslide map (Google / FOX Weather) First responders said three homes were believed to be damaged in the flow of rocky debris along the Zimovia Highway. "This afternoon a drone operator ...

WRANGELL, Alaska - At least three people are dead as search and recovery crews continue to scour through debris from a landslide that impacted properties outside of Wrangell, Alaska, on Monday ...

Scientists have generated a map of the deformation of Earth’s surface caused by the November 30, 2018 magnitude 7.0 earthquake beneath the Anchorage area of Alaska. Summary: Scientists with t… ...

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 ...

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 ...