This month, they released a new map outlining which parts of Sitka would be affected by a major tsunami. On January 4, 2013, just before midnight, Sitkans woke up to feel the ground shaking ...

Sitka has been involved with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981. That qualifies homeowners for flood insurance, at the discretion of their lender, so long as the city maps out which ...

SITKA, Alaska - The state has released a tsunami inundation map for Sitka, showing the estimated high-water mark in the event of a tsunami.

In 2015, an intense atmospheric river in Sitka, Alaska, triggered a series of landslides, one of which took the lives of three locals. Sitka chose to respond — with science.

Off-the-beaten-path Sitka reckons with a cruise ship boom The abrupt increase in cruise passengers is testing not only Sitka’s tourism infrastructure but the community’s vision of itself.