Record rainfall bumped Sitka’s landslide risk level to ‘medium’ on Saturday
Record-breaking rainfall over the weekend caused at least one landslide near Sitka.
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Landslide reported on Green Lake Road, after record-breaking Wednesday rainfall
Rainfall in Sitka broke records on Wednesday (2-16-22), and February is shaping up to exceed the month’s typical rainfall by leaps and bounds. Rick Fritsch is a forecaster for the National Weather Service in Juneau. He said Sitka's airport recorded 2.16 inches of rainfall.
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October 12, 2021: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?
When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (10-12-21), two new members will be sworn in, but not before the current Assembly considers a final vote to sell the former Sitka Community Hospital Building.
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Assembly removes landslide zone section from city code
The Sitka Assembly has unanimously agreed to remove language about landslide management from city code.
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Homes destroyed, six missing after ‘half-mile’ landslide in Haines
The slide struck in Haines at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, generating a small tsunami in the harbor. Eyewitness Mike Ward estimated that about a half-mile of the mountainside came down.
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