News Nation/World Latest fatal landslide in Alaska kills 1 and injures 3 in Ketchikan, a popular cruise ship stop This drone photo taken by DOT&PF, shows the Ketchikan landslide in AK., Aug. 26, 2024.

Ketchikan is surrounded by the Tongass National Forest, a temperate rainforest that encompasses much of southeast Alaska. Landslides strike often in the region, but garner little notice when they ...

The landslide Sunday afternoon prompted a mandatory evacuation of 60 nearby homes in the city, a popular cruise ship stop along the famed Inside Passage in the Alaska panhandle.

It prompted a mandatory evacuation of nearby homes in the city, a popular cruise ship stop along the famed Inside Passage in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. The slide area remained unstable Monday.

Residents used to be able to retreat to nearby Ward Lake, for instance, but cruise ships began docking at Ward Cove in 2021. The greater Ketchikan Gateway Borough has more than 13,000 residents.

• Jeff Lund is a freelance writer based in Ketchikan. His book, “A Miserable Paradise: Life in Southeast Alaska,” is ...