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Burke-Gilman Trail In Lake Forest Park Hit By Landslide
King County says the trail will experience intermittent closures due to cleanup.
LAKE FOREST PARK, WA - A stretch of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Lake Forest Parks has been hit by a small landslide.
A small slide near Edgewater Lane, which is just a few blocks north of the border with Seattle at 145th Street, has thrown debris across the trail. King County says that there will be intermittent closures along that portion of the trail.
Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman. Edgewater Ln, Lk Forest Pk. Landslide debris along trail. There will b intermittent closures #atworksoyoucanplay pic.twitter.com/sxRTciri5r
— King County Parks (@iheartkcparks) March 20, 2017
The entire area is at higher risk of landslide damage because recent heavy rains have loosened soil. On Monday, landslides in Puyallup and Black Diamond blocked roads, and a slide along train tracks disrupted Sounder train service between Everett and Seattle.
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Around Puget Sound, the eastern Pierce County area near Enumclaw is at "high" risk of landslides, according to state Department of Natural Resources forecasts. The entirety of King County west of the Cascades is at "moderate" risk for landslides.
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