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(The Center Square) - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, wants to reinstate the National Landslide Preparedness Act, saying proper monitors are not in place to warn residents about possible disasters. ....
Climate change is making landslides more likely and preparation vital. Image credit: Erik Stevens Dec. 17, 2020 An hour before sundown on Dec. 2, Lilly Ford and her family heard a “strange, low rumble” outside of her home in Haines, Alaska. It lasted about a minute as a 600-foot-wide slurry of timber, mud, soil and debris cascaded down a nearby mountain, through a residential area, and into the ocean. “I couldn’t believe the mountain had swept people and houses away just like that ripped the ground out from under them,” Ford said. “It’s just not something you’d ever anticipate.” Haines, population 2,500, saw more than 8 inches of rainfall during the first two days of December a total that topped the monthly average by 2 inches. Hundreds of homes on this mountainous peninsula between two inlets and the Canadian border were damaged by floods and debris flows. About 50 households were ordered to evacuate because of landslide dan ....