LAND SLIDE IN THE KOOTENAYS BURIES HOMES- TMTV

TMTV NEWS Nelson BC Canada Raw news footage from TMTV's Vault- Pair of mudslides bury highway north of Creston

The landslide is about 30 kilometres north of Creston on Highway 3A.

A pair of mudslides has swept away at least one house and buried a stretch of highway north of Creston, officials say.

The slides came down around 12:30 am Saturday morning. The area is on Highway 3A, about 30 kilometres north of Creston in the small community of Kuskonook.

RCMP say 4 homes were damaged and at least one was swept away. Fortunately no one was home at the time.

Cam MacMurchie with the Ministry of Transportation says at least 4 metres of mud are covering the highway in some parts and went right into Kootenay Lake. The affected area is about 100 metres long.

Several vehicles were trapped in the slide but police managed to rescue the occupants.

Ministry crews have started to clear away the smaller of the 2 slides. The hillside near the larger slide is too unstable right now for crews to enter the area.

The slide is possibly caused by unstable ground above Kuskonook caused by a forest fire last year.

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[t3hfuhr3r]

Can anyone tell me if the store (the building at 1 minute) still exists, or if it was torn down?

[enazatol]

@MultiIPwnage lol spelling dude

[MultiIPwnage]

@enazatol We won and were reworded with a free bike

[enazatol]

@MultiIPwnage is wasnt chasing you, it thought you wanted to race

[zseborah]

yah we just watched that video of you and ur dad gettin chased by a landslide in our geography class today...thank God youre ok!!

[MultiIPwnage]

Yeah me and my dad where chased by one and we jumped in the truck and filmed it and then submitted it on the science channel website

[Square41]

Was anybody hurt in this slide?