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Washington community grieves growing toll US mudslide

2014-03-30 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Churches planned services on Sunday to offer prayers for the victims of last week's devastating mudslide in Washington state as the death toll from the disaster kept rising but the number of missing fell sharply. The presumed body count rose to 28 on Saturday from the March 22 catastrophe northeast of Seattle, with the official tally of those killed now 18 based on bodies extricated and identified by medical examiners. But despite the grim toll, news also came that the number of missing fell...

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Washington mudslide: 90 missing & 27 presumed dead as search continues

2014-03-29 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Families and friends of the 90 people still missing in the Washington state mudslide are bracing for a rise in the official death toll, as searchers ready for another day of slogging through mud-caked debris and the governor called for a statewide moment of silence. "The number is so big and it's so negative. It's hard to grasp," said 66-year-old Bob Michajla, a volunteer who has been helping search part of the square-mile debris field. "These are all friends and neighbors and family. Everybody...

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Soaring death toll looms in U.S. mudslide with 90 still missing

2014-03-29 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The death toll from a mudslide that has left 90 people missing in Washington state appeared certain to climb nearly a week after the disaster, as anguished relatives turned to the Internet and word of mouth for scarce scraps of new information. At least 26 people were killed when a rain-soaked hillside collapsed without warning last Saturday, unleashing a towering wall of mud that flattened dozens of homes in a river valley near the rural town of Oso, about 55 miles northeast of Seattle. While...

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Washington mudslide official death toll 17, unofficial numbers at 26

2014-03-28 11:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Examiner: The National Guard was called in to work along with dozens of local volunteers in North Western Washington this week to recover bodies entombed in a massive mud-covered grave caused by last Saturdays horrific mudslide that swamped almost a square mile of landscape pulverizing structures; crumpling farm equipment and vehicles like they were tin cans. Recovery is tremendously difficult when heavy equipment gets clogged with mud in the delicate search for bodies where shovels are often useless....

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