4 people missing after several landslides in Alaska

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Aug. 18, 2015: From left, city engineer Dan Tadic, Fire Chief Dave Miller, Search and Rescue Capt. Lance Ewers, and firefighter Rob Janik look at the damage caused by a landslide on Kramer Drive in SItka, Alaska.

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4 people missing after several landslides in Alaska

Published August 18, 2015

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Aug. 18, 2015: From left, city engineer Dan Tadic, Fire Chief Dave Miller, Search and Rescue Capt. Lance Ewers, and firefighter Rob Janik look at the damage caused by a landslide on Kramer Drive in SItka, Alaska. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska –  A family friend says a city building official is among the four people missing Tuesday after landslides struck a southeast Alaska town.
The family friend, Peter Turner, says the missing official in Sitka is 62-year-old William Stortz. The Daily Sitka Sentinel first reported the identity.
Turner also says Stortz is the city fire marshal.
Emergency responders have said only that the missing people are believed to be workers at a residential construction site. Sitka fire spokeswoman Sara Peterson says a search has not yet started because of the instability of the site.
The landslides occurred Tuesday morning after 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. One sinkhole also was reported.
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4 people missing after several landslides in Alaska