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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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