DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP and CHRIS GRYGIEL. "Officials: About 18 Missing in Washington Mudslide." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 30 Mar. 0000. Web. 23 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/officials-18-missing-washington-mudslide-172803804.html
About 18 people are still unaccounted for after a massive mudslide in rural northwest Washington state killed at least three people and forced evacuations because of fears of flooding, authorities said Sunday. Searchers in helicopters will be flying over the area of the square-mile mudslide Sunday to find people who may have been able to get out on their own, as well as look for other signs of life. Several people were critically injured and as many as 30 houses were destroyed. The slide wiped out one neighborhood, where there were about 28 to 30 homes. Rescuers couldn't hear any signs of life once they got closer, and the decision was made to back out due to safety reasons. The slide blocked the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, which prompted an evacuation notice because water was rising rapidly behind the debris. Authorities worried about severe downstream flooding if water suddenly broke through the debris. Authorities believe the slide was caused by groundwater saturation from recent heavy rainfall.
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