Evacuation order issued for avalanche-stricken Anchorage suburb

Drone footage shows the aftermath of an avalanche down a mountainside at Hiland Road in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S morning of March 27, 2022 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Michael D. Larson/via REUTERS

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -Residents of a suburb of Anchorage in Alaska were ordered on Sunday to evacuate a mountainous area after one massive avalanche buried a road and another huge slide was considered imminent.

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson issued the evacuation order, citing "a grave and immediate threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens" in the affected area at Eagle River, on the city's outskirts.