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K-rails should stay on Ocean View
In the May 9 edition of the Valley Sun there was an article regarding the K-rails here. It reads in part, “The barriers, known as K-rails, were installed in 2010, one year after the mudflows ravaged hillside properties when rains hit the Station...Tags: Ocean View
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Clermont residents regroup after being washed out by mudslide
CLERMONT — Transportation officials plan to monitor the weather after torrential rainfall this week caused a mudslide that sent up to 3 feet of sludge into a duplex on Sunnyside Drive. The storm dropped 3 1/2 inches in about 45 minutes,...
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Soggy spring brings severe storms early this season
Central Floridians are used to rough weather in the summer. But this year, the destructive squalls are beginning their rampages early, sparking lightning strikes, spawning hail, tossing lawn furniture and twisting pool enclosures — all before May....Tags: Tropical Weather, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, Orlando Weather
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Mudslide fills Clermont home with 3 feet of mud
CLERMONT — An unusual mudslide from a hill off State Road 50 sent up to 3 feet of mud gushing into a duplex after torrential rainfall Tuesday night. Everything was destroyed in Myriam Suarez's duplex on Sunnyside Drive, but she said she was glad...
Tags: Floods
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Colorado avalanche: 'There was no one left unburied to hear him'
This is not a guided event, the organizers had warned, in small letters, at the bottom of an advertisement. Don't forget to bring your brain. The six men headed out separately from the main group participating in the Rocky Mountain High Backcountry...
Tags: Weather Warnings, ESPN (tv network), Human Interest, Same-Sex Marriage
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Landslide forces San Bernardino County couple from hillside home
A San Bernardino County couple had to evacuate their home Tuesday when a freak landslide swept away part of the hill under the structure. A giant section of earth -- about 30 feet wide, 15 feet long and 150 feet deep -- collapsed beneath a Grand Terrace...
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China rushes relief after Sichuan quake kills 188
LUSHAN, China (AP) — After dynamiting through landslide-blocked roads, Chinese relief crews hurried food, water and other supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Monday, two days after an earthquake killed at least 188 people and...
Tags: American Red Cross, China Earthquake (2010), Earthquakes, First Aid, Manufacturing and Engineering
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5 snowboarders killed in Colorado avalanche
GEORGETOWN, Colo. — Five snowboarders were killed Saturday afternoon after apparently triggering a backcountry avalanche on Colorado's Loveland Pass, authorities said. Search and rescue crews recovered the bodies several hours after the slide,...Tags: Snowboarding, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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5 snowboarders die in Colorado backcountry avalanche
Five snowboarders died in a backcountry avalanche Saturday afternoon about 60 miles west of Denver, authorities said. A group of six snowboarders started out at Loveland Pass, which is just short of 12,000 feet in elevation, but got no more than a...Tags: Snowboarding, Boston Bruins
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Landslide closes Route 403 temporarily
Daily American Staff Writer @PeteBosakIt's pretty much expected this time of year. State Route 403 was closed from about 5:30 a.m. to around 2 p.m. Friday while state Department of Transportation crews cleaned up a landslide. "Slides happen after the freeze-thaw cycle," PennDOT... -
1 dead, 1 missing in avalanches near Washington's Snoqualmie Pass
SEATTLE — It was a deadly weekend in Washington’s Cascade mountains, where a pair of avalanches in popular hiking areas near Snoqualmie Pass left one woman dead and another man missing. Rescuers were unable to resume the search Monday in...
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Avalanche forecaster killed in Utah avalanche
An avalanche sloughing off a Utah mountainside killed a state Department of Transportation avalanche forecaster while he was surveying snow levels near a popular winter recreation area, authorities reported. A co-worker last heard from 34-year-old Craig...
Tags: Salt, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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