(Courtesy/U.S. Coast Guard, Lt. Erick Oredson) A rainstorm caused landslides in Haines, Alaska, December 3, 2020. Some landowners on Beach Road have been waiting for years for a federal disaster relief grant program which was closed by FEMA this year.

Two Haines landowners have lost an avenue to recover some of their losses in the 2020 landslide after the Trump administration ended a grant program meant to help communities prepare for disasters. 

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