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           Death Toll Nearing Two Dozen in US Pacific State Landslide

   by VOA News

   Sixteen people are now confirmed dead from last week's landslide in
   Washington state that destroyed dozens of homes in a rural community.
   The death toll was revised after rescue workers recovered two more
   bodies in the town of Oso, located just north of Seattle. Officials
   said they believe they have located eight more bodies in the rubble,
   while another 176 people continue to be listed as missing.
   Rescue crews are using heavy equipment, high tech cameras, search dogs
   and their bare hands to search and dig through the rubble in the search
   for possible survivors and victims.
   Last Saturday's disaster occurred when hillside collapsed after several
   weeks of heavy rains.
   On Tuesday, the Seattle Times newspaper published a report written by a
   geologist with U.S. Corps of Engineers in 1999 that warned of the
   potential of "catastrophic failure" in the area affected by Saturday's
   landslide.
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