white female deaths from landslide

white female deaths from landslide

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Timothy Heller, 44, and his wife Beth Heller, 36, were at home with their three young children - Mara, 16, Derek, 12, and Kara, 11

The residents of a small community who were caught in a landslide in Alaska's southeast region have been identified as a family-of-five and their fisherman neighbor.

Monday night's landslide tore down a swath of evergreen trees, striking three homes and burying a highway near the island community of Wrangell. Nov 20, 2023

It was estimated to be 450 feet wide, occurring during a period of intense rainfall and heavy winds.

Authorities say that parents Timothy Heller, 44, and his wife Beth Heller, 36, were at home with their three young children - Mara, 16, Derek, 12, and Kara, 11, when the landslide hit the area. Their home was one of the three struck by the catastrophe.

Search crews found the bodies of the parents and their oldest daughter Mara late on Monday or early Tuesday morning but the two younger children remain missing, the Alaska Department of Public Safety said.