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Outlook: I Was Buried by a Mudslide

Mudslide Oso

17/04/2014

I Was Buried by a Mudslide

BBC World Service - Outlook, I Was Buried by a Mudslide

Robin Youngblood from Oso, Washington State remembers the day a wall of mud engulfed her.

American mudslide survivor Robin Youngblood tells Jo Fidgen how she saw a wall of mud racing towards her.  Her home and possessions were destroyed in the Oso disaster.

Robin Youngblood was engulfed by the Oso mudslide in Washington State nearly four weeks ago. She remembers the moment it struck, and describes the effect it has had on her community and her life.

British science writer David Adam on his struggle with OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder. His book is called  The Man Who Couldn't Stop.

Dayne Buddo is a Jamaican marine biologist who has declared war on the  destructive lionfish which have invaded the Caribbean.

British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor talks about his personal connection to events portrayed in his latest film, Half of a Yellow Sun, set during the Biafran War. 

Image: The debris from a deadly mudslide in Oso. Credit: Getty Images

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