Online landslide-warning system starts up in Sitka

After several years of research, Sitka’s new online landslide-warning system is now live.

But the site — which uses data from the National Weather Service alongside historical data to determine the level of landslide risk in Sitka — is only a start to the landslide research that remains to be done, said a scientist on the project.

“It’s a conclusion but it’s also kind of a beginning,” said Jacyn Schmidt, geoscience coordinator at the Sitka Sound Science Center.

Educating Sitkans on how to react to the possibility of landslides, and building landslide warning systems in other communities, are o...