Rescue teams continue work in the rural town of Oso, in Snohomish County, Washington. More than a hundred people are listed as missing a few days after landslides in the area caused by torrential rains. According to the latest data, the number of fatalities due to the environmental catastrophe has increased to 24. Meanwhile, a report by the US Army Corps of Engineers In 1999 warned about "the potential of a catastrophic slide". "I knew it was going to be a catastrophic avalanche, an event of great magnitude, although I did not know when it would happen. I was not surprised at all, "according to geomorphologist Daniel Miller, who participated in the study.
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