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Mudslide deaths expected to soar as some question disaster response
2014-03-28 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Washington state officials said the confirmed death toll from a huge mudslide in the U.S. Pacific Northwest was likely to rise sharply from 25 on Friday as residents accused local authorities of a slow early response to the disaster that had cost lives. A rain-soaked hillside collapsed without warning on Saturday, unleashing a deluge of mud on dozens of homes in a river valley near the rural town of Oso, in Snohomish County, some 55 miles northeast of Seattle. Authorities fear that some of the...
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Washington mudslide yields more bodies, but not all may be found
2014-03-27 02:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Authorities searching for victims of a deadly Washington state landslide said on Wednesday that the number of missing had dropped to 90, as officials reported finding more bodies while acknowledging that some victims' remains may never be recovered. The known death toll remained at 24, including eight people whose bodies had yet to be recovered after the disaster near the rural town of Oso, where a rain-soaked hillside collapsed on Saturday and cascaded over a river and a road, engulfing dozens...
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Climate change: Too much rain caused deadly mudslide on unstable ground
2014-03-25 09:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Examiner: Authorities confirm 14 dead and 176 missing on Monday from the massive landslide that rolled through the rural neighborhood of Oso/Darrington north of Seattle on Saturday covering a square-mile area with mud and mangled trees as it laid waste to 50 structures. Experts say the cause of the landslide, which wasnt the first in the area, appears to be ground saturation after receiving double the normal rainfall for March, the sixth-wettest recorded since 1922, as explained by Johnny Burg, a meteorologist...
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Death toll Washington state mudslide rises to 14
2014-03-25 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The confirmed death toll from a devastating weekend mudslide in Washington state climbed to 14 people on Monday as six more bodies were found, while scores of others remained listed as missing two days after the tragedy, authorities said. The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office reported the higher casualty count hours after emergency management officials expressed doubt anyone else would be plucked alive from the muck that engulfed dozens of homes when a rain-soaked hillside near Oso, Washington,...
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58 more missing after massive Mexico storm, mudslide
2013-09-19 14:36:38| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The death toll from devastating twin storms appeared set to nearly double after officials said late Wednesday that 58 people were missing and presumed dead in a massive landslide that smashed through a tiny coffee-growing village deep in the mountains of southern Mexico. The storm that devastated the Pacific coast over the weekend regained strength Wednesday and became Hurricane Manuel, taking a route that could see it make landfall on Mexico's northwestern coast. It would be a third blow to a...
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