PHOTOS: Haines community bands together after devastating floods and landslides

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    Search and rescue teams have been looking near the base of a 600-foot landslide in Haines on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, in Haines, Alaska. State geologists say the slide is still unstable, so teams haven’t been able to push far into the debris. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)

Search and rescue teams have descended on Haines, a small Southeast town of just over 2,500 people that was devastated by floods and landslides last week. But from a group of volunteers working to salvage a woman’s home to a hotel reopening to offer a safe place to stay, the people of Haines are showing they can lean on each other.

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