Girl dead, 5 missing after landslide hits remote Alaskan town

A girl was found dead and five others remain missing after a landslide struck the remote Alaskan town of Wrangell on Monday night, authorities said.

Three single-family homes were in the path of the landslide when it occurred at about 9 p.m. Monday, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation.

Responding search personnel found one girl dead, Alaska State Troopers said at a news conference, and five people who were believed to be in the path of the landslide are still missing.