Mountain Dwellers Evacuated After NC Mudslide, Urged to Stay Away for Weeks Due to Danger
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A dangerous mudslide in Western North Carolina caused many residents to evacuate their homes and seek shelter. Reports the Associated Press,
MAGGIE VALLEY, N.C. (AP) - Residents are being urged to stay away from their North Carolina mountainside homes after a 30-foot-high mudslide washed over their road.Emergency workers evacuated about 40 people from a dozen homes near Maggie Valley in western North Carolina after the Friday mudslide.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported Monday that authorities took the evacuees back to their homes on all-terrain vehicles just long enough to gather belongings.
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