Photos: 'Crazy' landslide on Interstate 5
Main highway connecting Washington and Oregon is blocked.
Northwest Storm
State department of transportation officials survey the scene of a mudslide obstructing the northbound lane of Interstate 5 near Woodland, Wash. "It was crazy and I was scared," said Diane Smith of Lacey, Washington, who was stuck for three hours behind the landslide on Interstate 5 about 26 miles north of Portland, Oregon (Natalie Behring/The Columbian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Motorist who were unexpectedly delayed by a landslide on Interstate 5, were given food and shelter by the Red Cross at the Woodland High school in Woodland, Wash., The massive landslide blocked the lanes Wednesday afternoon after a hillside of rocks and dirt collapsed on the roadway after days of pounding rain. (Natalie Behring/The Columbian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Carroll and Harold Borland, who were unexpectedly delayed by a mudslide while traveling from California to Lake Tapps pass time reading at the Woodland High school in Woodland, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. More rain is on the way through the weekend. (Natalie Behring/The Columbian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, is briefed by department of transportation officials as they survey the scene of a mudslide obstructing the northbound lane of Interstate 5 near Woodland,, Was., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Boulders, trees and dirt slid onto the highway in the day before following heavy rains. (Natalie Behring/The Columbian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Gene Barnes of Snoqualmie, Wash., waits for Interstate 5 to reopen, in his truck in a Walmart parking lot in Woodland, Wash., Thursday Dec. 10, 2015. Barnes was delayed when boulders, trees and dirt slid onto the highway in the day before following heavy rains. (Natalie Behring/The Columbian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Alberta Batista charges her cell phone while making a call at Woodland High school in Woodland, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, after she was unexpectedly delayed by a landslide on Interstate 5. The red cross provided many stranded travelers with food and shelter at the school. (Natalie Behring/The Columbian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Anna Miller-Jessel and her son Kaydan Seai, 2, survey damage in their Eugene, Ore., neighborhood Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, after a wind and rain storm moved through overnight, toppling several trees along the street and causing damage to cars and homes. (Brian Davies/The Register-Guard via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Shane Van der Zwan walks across his driveway Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 in Eugene, Ore., to survey damage after a large Douglas fir tree fell overnight during a wind and rain storm that hit the southern Willamette valley after midnight. (Brian Davies/The Register-Guard via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Gary Baden, far right, explains to firefighter Donny Snider how the tree landed on his 92 Totoya pick-up truck in Walla Walla, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Forecasters said the dramatic storms in the Pacific Northwest were easing up Thursday, but the threat from mudslides and flooding remained. (Michael Lopez/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP)
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Bill Leger, holds his dog while standing on his deck, as he points to a flooded Cowlitz River near his back porch on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in Packwood, Wash. Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest early Wednesday, causing mudslides and flooding roads. (Pete Caster/The Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
NORTHWEST WEATHER
Officials look over portion of Nile Road where it crosses Rattlesnake Creek west of Naches, Wash., that was washed out by floodwaters, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, forcing closure of the road. The remainder of the road washed out later in the day and the road remains closed indefinitely. (Gordon King/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Cherise Giberson carries one of her family's pets, they have three dogs, three puppies and a hedgehog, that was rescued from their flooded home in the Swedetown Village mobile home park in Clatskanie, Ore., on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. The water was freezing and the current swift when she was thigh-deep in the rain-swollen river that overflowed its banks and inundated the homes. (Bill Wagner/The Daily News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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A large fir tree fell on a house overnight and killed an elderly woman in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Heavy rain and wind has caused at least one death in the region. (AP Photo/Steve Dipaola)
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Maintenance personnel look at a large sinkhole on Kane Drive in Gresham, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest early Wednesday, causing mudslides and flooding roads. (AP Photo/Steve Dipaola)
WA FLOODS
Skykomish River floodwaters surround a house outside of Monroe, Wash., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest early Wednesday, causing mudslides and flooding roads. (Genna Martin/seattlepi.com via AP) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLE TIMES OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Jeff Limb steers his boat through a flooded area of the Snoqualmie River near the Tolt Hill Bridge in Carnation, Wash., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest early Wednesday, causing mudslides and flooding roads. (Genna Martin/seattlepi.com via AP) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLE TIMES OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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A van drives down a flooded portion of Highway 203 outside Carnation, Wash. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest early Wednesday, causing mudslides and flooding roads. (Genna Martin(/seattlepi.com via AP) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLE TIMES OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Bryce Carlson, 5, of Carnation, Wash., checks out the waterline on flooded NE 124th Street outside of Duvall, Wash., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest early Wednesday, causing mudslides and flooding roads. (Genna Martin/seattlepi.com via AP) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLE TIMES OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT