AlQa'dah 04, 1436, August 19, 2015, SPA -- Four people were missing in a southeast Alaska town Tuesday after landslides prompted by heavy rain, emergency responders said, AP reported. Search and rescue personnel were looking for the missing people in Sitka, where three landslides were reported Tuesday morning after 2.5 inches (6.35 centimeters) of rain fell in 24 hours. One sinkhole also was reported. The people who were unaccounted for were all in the same neighborhood hit by one of the landslides, Sitka fire spokeswoman Sara Peterson said. She did not know if the people were all together when the landslide occurred. An office building just outside town was evacuated late Tuesday morning because it is near one of the landslides. It was drizzling early Tuesday afternoon, and Peterson said more rain was expected. Sitka, almost 600 miles (965 kilometers) southeast of Anchorage, is characterized by heavy rain throughout the year.
