A landslide described by one witness as a sea of logs, mud and debris is believed to have trapped three people who were missing Tuesday from a neighborhood in the Alaska coastal town of Sitka. City officials earlier said four people were missing. Chris Harshey, who is a carpenter, was working on a nearby home when the slide occurred. "All of a sudden, I heard crackling and crumbling, and then the lights flickered," he told the Daily Sitka Sentinel. Harshey went outside to investigate and saw "a sea of large logs, mud, more logs and a slurry of muddy debris." The slide destroyed a home about 200 yards (180 meters) above him and damaged another home closer to him.

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