Tragic Alaska landslide claims five-member family

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Tragic Alaska landslide claims five-member family
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A landslide in Wrangell, Alaska, has claimed the lives of at least three people, with three others still missing. Rescue operations have been halted after search teams scoured the debris field that buried three houses and a stretch of highway. The victims have been identified as Timothy Heller, his wife Beth Heller, and their 16-year-old daughter Mara. Two younger children, Derek and Kara Heller, along with 65-year-old Otto Florschutz, are still missing and presumed dead. The heavily wooded mountainside gave way after heavy rain and high winds, engulfing everything in its path.

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