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Alaska city issues evacuation orders after landslide leaves 1 dead and 3 injured. Officials worry another slide could strike

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The slide tore down a hillside in Ketchikan , Alaska , around 4 p.m. Sunday .

Some residents have been ordered to evacuate as officials warn another slide could strike nearby.

The slide sent a dense wave of snapped trees, toppled power poles and dirt crashing into a row of hillside homes.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issues a disaster emergency declaration.