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Now it goes straight down. it is just gone. >> it makes me sick to my stomach, having to get up and go through this. that's the first news i got. >> really nervous. this is all we have. >> miguelal almaguer is on the phone. >> reporter: investigators and geologists have been down at the site and have reevaluated how deep and wide it is. they say it is 900 feet wide and about a mile deep. the coastline has forever been changed. one home has been completely destroyed. they now say 18 other homes are either threatened or cut off by the slide. of course, shifting soil remains the biggest concern h...

Injuries this morning. >> what about the homes? have any been destroyed? how many are in danger? >> well, there is one home that was severely damaged and pushed off its foundation by the slide. we have two homes significantly threaten threaten threatened above the slide and we've evacuated 34 homes that are in danger either down below the area of the landslide or up above where the slide keeps sloufing or the bluff keeps sluffing off. >> you've evacuated 34 homes. how many people is that? >> well, there were 12 from the area down below the slide and then we're still in the process of determini...

Two of them were my good friends. >> reporter: joel hammond was part of the group, described what they saw before the snow cut loose. >> right when he crossed over the hill, we noticed about a three to four foot fracture, about 30 yards to his right. >> hammond says he watched as the skiers, including a pro, were carried up by the slide. >> this is about where the slide starts. and it would have carried the victims down to here. >> at one point after the avalanche, they're all buried in the snow. they manage to dig themselves out of the snow. at that point, they realize that three of them are ...

Need that. emergency support, the southern baptist organization has arrived in carington and the food canteen is there. this morning they made hot breakfast for all of the students. we want to thank everybody for their continuous donations for the communities affect the by the slide. if you would like to donate, the best thing to do is donate cash. we have enough clothing and those type of things that have been dropped off at different locations in oso and arlington. more information about where to donate can be found online at snohomish county website --