President Barack Obama will visit Washington state tomorrow, Tuesday, to mark the grim one-month anniversary since a devastating mudslide killed dozens. The death toll from the landslide on the outskirts of the town of Oso has risen to 41, authorities said Monday. Obama will tour the area and meet with rescue crews and victims' relatives.
The rain-saturated hillside along the Stillaguamish River gave way on March 22, unleashing walls of mud that swallowed up roads and homes outside Oso. Crews have dug through mud, logs and debris 70 feet thick in some places to search for the missing. It will be a brief visit, but a noted one.
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