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Families seek damages stemming deadly Washington state mudslide
2014-10-28 02:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Ten families who lost relatives in a Washington state landslide in March have filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging state and local officials were aware the area was at risk for a disaster but did nothing to prevent it, an attorney said on Monday. Forty-three people were killed when a rain-soaked hillside on the north fork of the Stillaguamish River collapsed on March 22, sending a deluge of mud and debris down on a rural community on the outskirts of Oso in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains....
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Washington state community devastated by mudslide could face floods
2014-10-23 22:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Washington state community devastated by a mudslide that killed 43 people in March was bracing for its first rainy season since the disaster and the threat of flooding from a river that changed course as a result of it, officials said on Thursday. A rain-soaked hillside collapsed above the north fork of the Stillaguamish River on March 22, unleashing a torrent of mud that buried a community near Oso, 55 miles (89 km) northeast of Seattle. The risk of flooding remains a concern for hundreds...
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Huge California mudslide may have been triggered by drought
2014-09-22 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California's three-year drought might have triggered Mount Shasta's worst mudslide in two decades which damaged hiking trails and forced two roads to close over the weekend, a national park spokeswoman said on Monday. Mud and debris began flowing down Mud Creek Canyon on the southeast side of Mt. Shasta, a 14,000-foot volcano about 50 miles south of the Oregon border, on Saturday afternoon and continued through the night, Shasta-Trinity National Park spokeswoman Andrea Capps said. "The woman...
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Washington county backs off plan to limit building in mudslide zones
2014-05-07 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Washington state county where a mudslide killed dozens of people in March has backed off a plan to temporarily ban home building in landslide-prone areas because of fears it would unduly dampen development, county officials said on Tuesday. A proposed six-month ban was originally put forward by Snohomish County Council Chairman Dave Somers after the mudslide near the small community of Oso in which a rain-soaked hillside collapsed, destroying dozens of homes, wiping out a state highway and clogging...
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Death toll Washington state mudslide rises to 35
2014-04-09 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The death toll in a mudslide that devastated a rural Washington state community last month rose to 35 on Tuesday as two more bodies were extricated from the rubble and President Barack Obama pledged to visit the town at the center of the devastation. A rain-soaked hillside collapsed without warning above the north fork of the Stillaguamish River on March 22, unleashing a torrent of mud that engulfed some three dozen homes on the outskirts of the tiny community of Oso. Of the 35 people confirmed...
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