Ketchikan, Alaska landslide kills at least 1, prompts evacuations

A landslide in the city of Ketchikan in extreme southeast Alaska has killed at least one person and injured at least three, city officials said.

It also prompted evacuation orders, damaged numerous homes and caused power outages, according to a statement from Borough Mayor Rodney Dial and Ketchikan Mayor Dave Kiffer.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Dial and Dunleavy all issued disaster declarations.