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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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