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Eden Landslide Causes Families to Evacuate Home

wonderopolis.org

Families from four homes in the Weber County community of Eden have been forced to evacuate after a landslide happened Tuesday.

The Nordic Valley slide is around 150 feet wide and slid 300 feet down a hillside. Sgt. Mark Horton with the Weber County Sheriff's Office says the slide came to a rest against one home, causing minor exterior damage. Families living in that home and three others have been evacuated. The Red Cross is providing accommodations for those residents through Thursday.

Because of continued falling rain and saturated soil, state geologist and engineers are evaluating the area for safety. Because of weather conditions and saturated soil, officials are considering the area unstable.

The slide also knocked out power to some homes in the area.

 

At 14-years-old, Kerry began working as a reporter for KVEL “The Hot One” in Vernal, Utah. Her radio news interests led her to Logan where she became news director for KBLQ while attending Utah State University. She graduated USU with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and spent the next few years working for Utah Public Radio. Leaving UPR in 1993 she spent the next 14 years as the full time mother of four boys before returning in 2007. Kerry and her husband Boyd reside in Nibley.