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Hill where a massive mudslide on saturday wiped out nearly the entire town of oso. as of this morning, up to 176 people are missing and 14 have been declared dead. miller told the seattle times yesterday, weve known its been failing. it is not unknown that this hazard exists. but to hear it from local authorities, youd think that the slide was a complete surprise. >> if i had any idea that this was going to break on that saturday morning, come on, guys, you get messages from us all the time. we ...

Was a lot of information. and a lot of information was coming in from a lot of different resources. friends, people that i knew that were close to the situation. and they were -- i got a phone call after a lot of the reverse 911s. and it was from a mom named lisa. i dont know exactly who she is. but thank you, lisa, she called me and let me know that my boys were okay. that they were both at the fire house and that they wanted me to come and get them. so i took the chance to jump in the truck an...

Were close to the situation. and they were -- i got a phone call after a lot of the reverse 911s. and it was from a mom named lisa. i dont know exactly who she is. but thank you, lisa, she called me and let me know that my boys were okay. that they were both at the fire house and that they wanted me to come and get them. so i took the chance to jump in the truck and get to them as soon as possible. and we were all very happy to see each other. >> reporter: i can only imagine. are the kids sleepi...

Sky crane helicopter, one piece of equipment used to battle some of these flames. it can scoop up 2,000 gallons of water at a time from any source near the fire and fly it directly to the flames. alicia acuna from colorado with more. alicia. >> reporter: jenna, 600 firefighters are working to get a jump on the containment line ahead of the dangerous conditions expected this weekend but meantime there is an investigation underway over that 12% of the people who say they did not receive the revers...

Passengers over their pilot that hadp an apparent psychotic incident. the copilot locked pilot out of the cockpit, passengers helped subdue him in the cabin. some people living near the massive wildfires in colorado say they never got the reverse 911 call urging them to evacuate their homes. the jefferson county sheriff blames it on a software glitch in the notification system but the operators of that system say that is not true. foxs alicia acuna is live near aspen park, colorado. what do we...

Rhode island, connecticut and new hampshire have already offered their assistance as well. as far as warnings go -- we dont have the typical midwest tornado siren system. every community sort of has their own outreach for any sort of emergency whether it is, reverse 911s or, you know, siren system, or you know local emergency, eas, on the tv, radio. its catch as catch can, if youve will. like i said, tornado warnings are not. >> what about communications systems there? we know that you are at yo...