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| Officials: About 18 missing in mudslide in NW Washington State | |
| 2014-03-24 | |
| [Ynet] About 18 people are still unaccounted for after a massive mudslide in rural northwest Washington state killed at least three people and forced evacuations because of fears of flooding, authorities said Sunday. Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots said at a news briefing that "we suspect that people are out there, but it's far too dangerous to get responders out there on that mudflow."
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Missing count now at a 'soft 108.' (quote from an on site first responder addressing those that may have been caught up just passing through the area) prime suspect now is that the river was undercutting the bank. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-03-24 14:24 |
| #3 Green as in blocking proper dredging (as they're experiencing in England) or obstructing remedial abatement. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-03-24 08:25 |
| #2 TW, too soon to tell, but the pictures show that there were some pretty big stands of mature trees right in the slide area so that may undermine (no pun intended) the logging caused it theory. There was a previous landslide in 2006 that altered the river's course; with this latest one blocking the river, it found its way back to its original course. There are also published geo maps that highlight the slide potential; Seattle Times has one dated 2003. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-03-24 05:26 |
| #1 As of 10 last night the confirmed death toll is 4 with an undetermined number missing. The pictures and videos are mind-numbing. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-03-24 04:49 |