US mudslide death toll poised to rise
676 views · Published 29 March 2014 · 2:14 · Indexed 19 October 2026
Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics
Seventeen people are confirmed dead in the Washington State mudslide and a further eight bodies have yet to be identified. More than 80 people are still missing, but rescue workers say it's now unlikely to find survivors under the rubble. But environmentalists have been warning for years that the region is vulnerable to this kind of disaster. Al Jazeera's John Hendren reports from Darrington in the state of Washington.
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