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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
Yereth Rosen

HISTORICAL FACTS: Evacuation order issued for avalanche stricken anchorage suburb - The Untold Story

Alaska's Governor Muke Dunleavy, Anchorage Municipal Manager Amy Demboski and Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson look on, after one massive avalanche buried a road, in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., March 26, 2022 in this handout picture obtained on March 28, 2022. Picture taken March, 2022. Municipality of Anchorage/Handout via REUTERS

Residents of a suburb of Anchorage in Alaska were ordered on Sunday to evacuate a mountainous area after one massive avalanche buried a road and another huge slide was considered imminent.

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson issued the evacuation order, citing "a grave and immediate threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens" in the affected area at Eagle River, on the city's outskirts.

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