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1 body recovered, 2 still missing after Alaska landslide

In this photo provided by the Sitka Public Information Office, emergency personnel survey landslide damage in Sitka, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, a day after six landslides occurred in the coastal town, burying three men who are presumed dead. Responders were cautiously approaching the landslide which has the potential to move when responders begin moving debris. (Jeremy Zidek/Sitka Public Information Office, via AP) In this photo provided by the Sitka Public Information Office, emergency personnel survey landslide damage in Sitka, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, a day after six landslides occurred in the coastal town, burying three men who are presumed dead. Responders were cautiously approaching the landslide which has the potential to move when responders begin moving debris. (Jeremy Zidek/Sitka Public Information Office, via AP)

By Associated Press August 20, 2015 1 min read

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – One body has been recovered from the site of a landslide in southeast Alaska, and the search continues for two other men believed killed.

State emergency response spokesman Jeremy Zidek tells the Alaska Dispatch News that crews recovered a body Wednesday night near the home under construction that was engulfed by the landslide. The body hasn’t been identified.

The building inspector for the city of Sitka and two construction-worker brothers were believed to be buried under tons of logs and mud when the landslide crashed into the site Tuesday.

Recovery efforts have been hampered by unstable ground.

The Dispatch News reports that workers cleared 25 yards of the slide Wednesday, working from the less dangerous uphill side, but couldn’t provide an estimate of its total size.