Huge Washington Mudslide Kills Three and Dams a River
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[QUOTE=NBC News]Three people were killed and eight injured in a mile-long mudslide north of Seattle that demolished at least six houses Saturday morning, blocked roads and dammed a river, bringing fears of a major flood, officials said.
“First responders heard someone inside screaming for help” as the mudslide swept a house onto a road in the community of Oso in Snohomish County at approximately 11 a.m. (2 p.m. ET) Saturday, said Washington State Patrol Trooper Mark Francis.
Among the injured was a 6-month-old in critical condition, according to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The hospital was also treating a 37-year-old male and an 81-year-old man both in critical condition and a 58-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman in serious condition, said spokeswoman Susan Gregg.
Another man brought to Harborview died of his injuries, Gregg said.
The search for survivors continued into the night. Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots said at a news briefing late Saturday that people were still yelling for help, NBC station KING5 of Seattle reported.
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Portions of State Route 530 were shut down, and the monster mudslide “diverted part of a local river, which started a flood in the area,” Francis said.
"Very high potential for fast upstream, downstream flooding. Prep now in case you have to leave quickly," the Snohomish County Government warned in a tweet four hours after the initial slide.
Officials said reverse 911 calls were sent warning residents of the danger of flooding from the North Fork Stillaguamish River upstream from the slide, as well as the possibility of flooding 12 miles downstream to Arlington should there be a catastrophic breach by the river.
Snohomish County officials said in a tweet that hundreds of people could be at risk in the flood plain.
"Anyone along the flood plain of the Stillaguamish between Oso and Stanwood should leave," Gov. Jay Inslee said in a statement that offered condolences to the victims' families.
The commander of the Snohomish County Search & Rescue team told NBC affiliate KING5 that the slide is the largest he's seen in the area in 30 years.
The cause of the slide appears to be that the ground was oversaturated by heavy rainfall, the government statement said.
Francis said Snohomish County rainfall accumulations have broken records for the month of March.
Aerial photos showed a huge chunk of hillside had let loose, falling hundreds of yards into the valley.
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holy shit, i was barely 3 miles away from here yesterday, i guess that explains all of the police and ambulances.
[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;44330492]holy shit, i was barely 3 miles away from here yesterday, i guess that explains all of the police and ambulances.[/QUOTE]
Up to 8 dead, officially 18 missing, unofficially about 30+ missing if not more.
[url]http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023210830_mudslidesundayxml.html[/url]
Unofficial missing list:
[url]http://www.breakingskagit.com/530-slide/missing-530-slide/[/url]
I'd been wondering why we were on flood warning, it's actually been raining less than usual
I hope the 8 injured are going to be ok
uh
shit
im going to have to check on my uncle now
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is there a list of the missing or dead
[editline]24th March 2014[/editline]
guys comeon
I posted a unofficial link in my earlier post
Thank you. Last night I checked it and called him. Turns out he's okay. I was really worried about him since he likes to roam around quite a lot, and lives less than 10 miles from the location of the mudslide.
Also why did I get rated boxes
Wow, that's a lot of mud.
@JoyceTaylorKING 12m
#530slide number of MISSING expected to go up by DOZENS. @jakewhittenberg confirms from officials involved in search near Darrington.
[url]http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/03/when-the-slide-hit-the-river-it-was-like-a-tsunami/[/url]
"Among the missing are a group of girls who were having a slumber party, said Peter Selvig, a retired U.S. Forest Service volunteer at the station."
108 reports of missing person 'Press conference'.
Number is most likely somewhere in the middle of that.
“@Q13FOX: BREAKING: Confirmed death toll from mudslide rises from 8 to 14 #530slide”
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I have a loved one in Washington.
Latest Updates: 25 Dead and 90 missing. What a Disaster this is up here :(
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@News1130radio 7m
Searchers in WA state are coming to the sad conclusion that the death toll from a mudslide will likely top 100. #530slide
Damn :\
My friend in the Washington Army National Guard got deployed over there to go support the S&R mission. He's been there since 3 AM last Tuesday. I hope the people of the Oso area and their rescuers will be safe...
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