No injuries in Ketchikan landslide; 13 inches of rain over three days

Nobody was injured in a small landslide in Ketchikan that dropped from a Hillside Road property on Dec. 1, unearthing approximately 4,000 square feet of a family’s backyard and sweeping about 200 feet down a steep, forested slope into Carlanna Creek.

The landslide did not cause any structural damage to the family’s home or outbuildings, but yanked a kayak, a canoe and some fishing buoys from their yard to the creek below.

Portions of unstable land on the family’s Hillside Road property continued to fall Dec. 2 and 3, although the house appeared to be stable, according to homeowner Robert Booth...

 

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