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Saturday, April 19, 2014

LANDSLIDE SPLITS HOUSE IN TWO IN WYOMING - It all started with a huge crack under the house a few days ago

A sudden lurch in a creeping landslide in the northwest Wyoming resort town of Jackson split a house in two and forced workers to abandon just-begun efforts to stabilize the hillside.
 
A huge crack in the ground that had opened up under the house a couple weeks ago shifted several feet downhill in less than a day, breaking off a room or two and leaving a door swinging above the precipice.  Rocks and dirt tumbled down in an almost constant stream and a geologist warned much bigger chunks could fall.  

Read more and see the dramatic pictures
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2608253/Looming-creeping-landslide-splits-home-Wyoming.html

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Town officials said they didn't know what was causing the slide, but they have noted the area has seen considerable road-grading over the past few decades. The latest work was last year's construction of the Walgreens drug store, which opened in January.
Read more
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/road-grading-caused-wyoming-hill-slide-23343752

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