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A major landslide occurred 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Oso, Washington, United States, on March 22, 2014, at 10:37 a.m. local time.A portion of an unstable hill collapsed, sending mud and debris to the south across the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, engulfing a rural neighborhood, and covering an area of approximately 1 square mile (2.6 km 2).
Oso is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, [3] [4] United States. It is located to the west of Darrington , south of the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River and approximately 50 air miles (80 km) from Seattle .
22 Mar 2014 Oso, Washington, United States 2014 Oso mudslide: 10 MCM (early estimate) 43 49 structures destroyed or affected [164] [165] 2 May 2014 Argo District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan: 2014 Badakhshan mudslides: 350–2,700 reported
The Oso Landslide Memorial is a memorial for the 43 victims of the Oso landslide in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located along State Route 530 and the Whitehorse Trail east of Oso .
On March 22, 2014, a three-mile section of SR 530 in northern Snohomish County, roughly midway between Darrington and Arlington, was completely blocked by the Oso landslide. The highway was cleared enough by May 31 to open one lane of escorted traffic and by June 20 to two-lane traffic.
Devil's Slide, an ongoing landslide in San Mateo County, California; 2011 Rio de Janeiro landslide in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 11 January 2011, causing 610 deaths. [62] 2014 Pune landslide, in Pune, India. 2014 Oso mudslide, in Oso, Washington; 2017 Mocoa landslide, in Mocoa, Colombia; 2022 Ischia landslide; 2024 Gofa landslides, in Gofa, Ethiopia
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After the catastrophic Oso mudslide in Washington State in March, 2014, Montgomery appeared on various news segments to discuss the science behind landslides. [2] He appears in DamNation the 2014 documentary film about dam removal in the United States. In 2015, Montgomery appeared, as a geologist, in the PBS documentary film, Making North America.