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Alaska Landslide Death Toll Rises to Five, One Still Missing

65-year-old Otto Florschutz's body recovered, 12-year-old Derek Heller remains unaccounted for.

  • Authorities have recovered the body of Otto Florschutz, 65, one of the two people who had been missing following the landslide.
  • 12-year-old Derek Heller remains missing following the landslide.
  • Five people have been confirmed killed in the landslide: Otto Florschutz, Timothy and Beth Heller, and two of their children, Kara, 11, and Mara, 16.
  • Christina Florschutz, wife of Otto Florschutz, survived the landslide and described the force of it as tossing her 'like a piece of weightless popcorn' before she lost consciousness.
  • The landslide, estimated to be 450 feet wide, occurred during a storm that brought significant rainfall and gusty winds.
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