Pacific Northwest Rain, Flooding and Landslides

December 15, 2010 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Pacific Northwest Rain, Flooding and Landslides
Aerial view shot by KOMO News' Air 4 shows landslides along Seattle's Burke-Gilman Trail on Monday morning.

The Pacific Northwest has been hit by some heavy rainfall and associated flooding and landslides. Here are a few links that may be of interest.

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naches_landslideA massive landslide has destroyed at least a quarter-mile of State Route 410 in Washington State, about 10 miles from Naches in Yakima County. It has also damaged about 12 structures including residential homes and quarry buildings and diverted the Naches River. The media has been referring to it as the Naches Slide, but the personnel from the Washington Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources who have began investigating the slide as well as WSDOT are calling it the Nile Landslide. (Photo by WAStateDNR-DoGaER)

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