It's often very hard to obtain a definitive number of casualties caused by natural disasters, especially when the event is still unfolding and is more often then not a scene of near-total chaos.
This mudslide is proving no different. Early estimates of 176 people missing have been trimmed down to 90.
I've told folks who live outside the Pacific Northwest that this area is prone to landslides, mudslides and avalanches. The above article compares this disaster with the Stevens Pass Avalanche of 1910.
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