Heavy rains near Twisp, Washingon, have triggered flash floods and landslides on hills and ranches left charred by the Carlton Complex wildfire. Highways have been closed in Okanogan County and traffic has been rerouted.
Credit Anna King
Many people near Twisp have already lost homes, businesses, barns and livestock. A calf that had been burned in the wildfire is now feared lost in a flash flood.
Canyons are entirely stripped of vegetation.
Multiple mudslides were blocking roads Thursday night and forcing residents from their homes. People near Twisp are trading information about slides and streams from canyon to canyon by Twitter, Facebook and cell phone.
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