Girl dead, 5 missing after landslide hits remote Alaskan town
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A girl was found dead and five others remain missing after a landslide struck the remote Alaskan town of Wrangell on Monday night, authorities said.
Three single-family homes were in the path of the landslide when it occurred at about 9 p.m. Monday, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation.
Responding search personnel found one girl dead, Alaska State Troopers said at a news conference, and five people who were believed to be in the path of the landslide are still missing.
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