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Now that we know how deadly a slide like the Oso mudslide can be, what will we do before the next t...
Dave Ross

Professor: Stop development in slide-susceptible areas

We've all known that Washington has its share of landslides. Now, we know how deadly a big one can be. So are we going to do anything before the next one?
13 years ago
A worker carries a recovered item along a plywood walkway through other debris. (AP Pool)...
MyNorthwest.com

Death toll climbs to 24 following Oso mudslide

The death toll has risen to 21 in the Oso mudslide, officials confirmed at a briefing Sunday evening, while the number of missing has dropped to 22.
13 years ago

No national system tracking landslide hazards

Unlike the warning systems and elaborate maps that help residents and officials prepare for natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes, there's no national system to monitor slide activity and no effort under way to produce detailed nationwide landslide hazard maps.
13 years ago
One of the busiest places in town Saturday was the parking lot of an Arlington grocery store where ...
Tim Haeck

Clothing maker’s ‘Oso Strong’ shirts sell out at Arlington event

One of the busiest places in town Saturday was the parking lot of an Arlington grocery store where a special piece of clothing sold out in no time.
13 years ago
After several days of around-the-clock digging, a group of searchers found a way to honor the mudsl...
Stephanie Klein

Photo: Search crews raise flag at Oso mudslide

After several days of around-the-clock digging, one group found a way to honor the victims.
13 years ago
Crews pause outside the Oso fire station for a moment of silence Saturday to remember those killed ...
KIRO Radio Staff

Crews pause recovery work to honor victims of Oso mudslie

Crews searching for victims in the tangled debris field from the Washington mudslide halted their work Saturday for a moment of silence to honor those lost.
13 years ago
Snohomish County District 21 Fire Chief Travis Hots addresses a news conference about progress in t...
Josh Kerns

Officials, media at odds over release of updated mudslide death toll

Tensions are mounting between the official spokesman for the Oso mudslide and a number of media members frustrated with the lack of updated information about the number of people killed in the disaster.
13 years ago
Rhodes River Ranch Restaurant, located behind the Oso Community Chapel and the Oso fire hall, is ta...
Tim Haeck

Oso, Darrington thinking about long-term donations

The people of Oso are thinking long-term as they collect donations for landslide victims.
13 years ago
A search worker, center, is dwarfed by the mud and debris field of the massive mudslide that struck...
MyNorthwest.com

Nowhere else to be for rogue volunteers assisting at Oso mudslide

They've been told to stay away, but rogue volunteers have been heading out to the site of the Oso mudslide, without permission or designation as a "volunteer" day after day.
13 years ago
This March 24, 2014 aerial photo released by the U.S. Geological Survey show the extent and impacts...
Dave Ross

Logging near Oso investigated as possible factor in deadly mudslide

Did logging near the community of Oso have anything to do with Saturday's landslide?
13 years ago
This aerial photo taken Monday shows the massive mudslide that has left dozens missing. (AP Photo/T...
Dave Ross

Why was there no warning?

It's inconceivable that with all the environmental regulation that a landslide that leaves a cliff almost as high as the Space Needle and races through a neighborhood could go undetected.
13 years ago
Searchers pause for a moment of silence at the scene of a deadly mudslide Saturday in Oso. (AP Phot...
MyNorthwest.com

Death toll rises in Oso mudslide

Authorities say the number of missing from the deadly landslide has plummeted to 30 after many people were found safe.
13 years ago
Two students from Arlington schools are among the missing in the Oso mudslide. (Tim Haeck/KIRO Radi...
MyNorthwest.com

Counselors, dogs helping kids cope with Oso mudslide aftermath

Counselors of the two and four-legged variety are helping school kids cope with the mudslide disaster.
13 years ago
Animals brought to the shelter will receive food and medical treatment. They will be held until the...
KIRO Radio Staff

Everett Animal Shelter reuniting animals lost in mudslide with families

The Oso mudslide has left family pets abandoned and wandering.
13 years ago
A loader moves debris at the scene of a deadly mudslide that covers the road, Wednesday, March 26, ...
MyNorthwest.com

Searchers grieving as they seek mudslide victims

Firefighters, search crews, they haven't complained at all. They soldier on every day, they go out there every day they know at this point they're probably not going to find survivors, even though they maintain they will - because they want to, and we want them to.
13 years ago
A searcher and dog walk past debris and standing water at the scene of a deadly mudslide, Thursday,...
Josh Kerns

Rescue dogs overwhelmed by scale of Oso mudslide search

The massive scale of the Oso mudslide rescue and recovery effort is taking its toll on the dozens of search dogs working through the disaster area.
13 years ago
Snohomish County District 21 Fire Chief Travis Hots looks down briefly as he addresses a news confe...
Stephanie Klein

What it’s like on the Oso mudslide debris field

He was supposed to take Wednesday off to rest, but Chief of Snohomish County Fire District 21 Travis Hots spent the day out on the debris field learning more about what his search team is up against.
13 years ago
Family members search for signs of a woman believed buried in Saturday’s mudslide in Oso in t...
MyNorthwest.com

Closure for volunteer searcher who found sister in Oso mudslide

For Dayn Brunner and his family there is closure: on Wednesday, his sister, Summer Raffo, was found in the mud, in her car, as they expected.
13 years ago
Search and rescue workers use a boat to move around Thursday as they search through mud and debris....
MyNorthwest.com

Officials delay increasing death toll in Oso mudslide for one more day

Rescuers began tiring and work moved slowly as the search effort in the Oso landslide reached its sixth day.
13 years ago
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Josh Kerns

Helicopter crew leader recounts emotional rescue of 4-year-old from Oso mudslide

A rescuer who was part of the helicopter crew that rescued a 4-year-old boy and several others from the Oso mudslide recounted the dramatic experience in an emotional news conference Wednesday.
13 years ago
Search dog Stratus leaps through a debris field while working with a handler following a deadly mud...
Josh Kerns

Search dogs most effective tool in mudslide rescue effort

Rescue crews are relying on high tech sensors and heavy equipment in the effort to find people buried in the Oso mudslide, but officials say search dogs have proven to be their most effective tool so far.
13 years ago
King County detectives released this photo of a man suspected of raping a woman in White Center, Fr...
MyNorthwest.com

Police release sketch of White Center rape suspect

Detectives are seeking help identifying a man suspected of rape and assault in White Center.
13 years ago
A child’s bicycle is with other remains at the edge of the scene of a deadly mudslide from th...
Kim Shepard

Slow progress for baby Duke caught in Oso mudslide

Harborview is reporting all patients injured in the Oso mudslide are improving, including 5-month-old baby Duke.
13 years ago
Magnolia bluff and Discovery Park are mapped in the state Dept. of Ecology’s Puget Sound Land...
Stephanie Klein

Is your house at risk for landslide?

The state Department of Ecology has stability maps that shed light on the stability of coastal slopes around Western Washington.
13 years ago