Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the deadly Oso landslide, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is pushing to improve the emergency response to landslides nationwide.
Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the deadly Oso landslide, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell is pushing to improve the emergency response to landslides nationwide.Cantwell and Sen. Lisa Murkowski introduced a bill last week to reauthorize the National Landslide Preparedness Act for 10 years, through 2034.Cantwell says the legislation aims to help save lives and improve natural disaster emergency preparedness by targeting key gaps in science and mapping to understand landslide hazards.
"Now, nearly a decade since the devastating Oso landslide, and as more wildfires and atmospheric river events make landslides more likely, we must reauthorize and update these federal programs to help keep communities safe."March 2024 will mark the one-year anniversary of the 2014 Oso landslide, which took the lives of 43 people and devastated a Washington community.
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