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SHE'S A POWERFUL FORCE -- NATURAL DISASTERS
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One week after the landslide...

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No one has been pulled alive from the rubble since the day the landslide hit, when at least eight people were injured but survived.

The remains of 18 people have now been recovered from beneath the mud and debris. The ME is having a difficult time because they were hit with such force that the bodies are not in tact -- dental records and DNA is being used to identify them. Authorities are warning that some bodies are likely buried so deep that they will never be found.

Fortunately, the number of missing and unaccounted for has dropped significantly (authorities expected it would as people who were away started turning up, people who no longer lived in the area were contacted and checked off the list, and duplicate references were reconciled). There are now 30 people on the list -- still so many -- but it was 176 a week ago.

One woman was babysitting her months old grand-daughter when the slide hit her house. The grandmother's body was found the day after the slide. Her daughter / the baby's mother participated in the search for her baby. They found the baby 4 days later about 10 feet from where her grandmother's body was recovered.

So many sad stories for families from the area.

A church memorial to honor the disaster victims will be held today.

Refs:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/29/us/washing...?hpt=hp_t2
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/3...R020140330
http://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-finds-str...d=23113331
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RE: SHE'S A POWERFUL FORCE -- NATURAL DISASTERS - by HairOfTheDog - 03-30-2014, 08:44 AM