Frantic Search For Mudslide Survivors

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 23 Maret 2014 | 18.46

Rescue crews have been frantically searching for survivors of a mudslide which killed three people after hearing shouts for help from under the debris.

The 41m (135ft) wide and 55m (180ft) deep slide of mud, rock and trees bulldozed six homes in its path and blocked the highway and river in Oso, 17 miles east of Arlington in Washington State.

Mudslide in Washington. Pic: Washtngton State Patrol The slide flattened six homes

Eight people were injured, including a six-month-old boy who is critically ill in the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

A number of people are still missing and 100 rescuers are desperately trying to get to victims whose voices were heard under the wreckage.

Mudslide in Washington. Pic: Washtngton State Patrol The river was blocked causing fears of flooding

Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots said searchers aren't giving up on finding people alive.

He said: "We have people who are yelling for our help, and we are going to take extreme risks."

Mudslide in Washington. Pic: Washtngton State Patrol Rescue teams gather to search for the missing

Rescuers have been warned of the threat of flooding because the slide blocked the river.

Hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg said two other victims - an 81-year-old man and a 58-year-old man - are in a critical condition, while a 37-year-old man is seriously hurt.

Mudslide in Washington. Pic: Washtngton State Patrol The slip blocked the highway

Eyewitness Paulo Falcao told the Daily Herald newspaper he was driving and had to brake to avoid the mudslide.

He said: "I just saw the darkness coming across the road. Everything was gone in three seconds."


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