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Surveys conducted in the aftermath of the landslide measured the extent of it and other slides; scientists also examined weather factors.
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is seeking bids for rockfall-prevention work along a highway in Wrangell that was the site of a catastrophic and deadly landslide in November.
More work is planned this summer in an ongoing program to stablize rockfall-prone areas along Wrangell's Zimovia Highway.
Scientists say Southeast Alaska mostly lacks the kinds of monitoring that could make people safer.
Scientists say Southeast mostly lacks the kinds of monitoring that could make people safer. Landslides are nearly impossible to forecast with precision, but scientists say more data could help.