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April 22, 2014

Landslide slowly devouring part of Wyoming town

  • Ground has been moving an inch a day, and is expected to speed up. It's not expected to suddenly collapse like the Oso slide because the geology is more stable.
  • By MATTHEW BROWN
    Associated Press

    JACKSON, Wyo. — What's happening in this Wyoming resort town might be better described as a land creep than a landslide, but the lack of speed has not hindered the sheer power of the moving earth.

    Over the past two weeks, a piece of East Gros Ventre Butte has slowly collapsed toward the west side of Jackson — shearing one hillside home in half, threatening to devour several others and looming ever more ominously over a cluster of businesses below.


     
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