2 landslides cause trouble in southeast Butler Co.
Weekend storms led to landslides in southeastern Butler County, one affecting Route 356 and the other the Butler-Freeport Trail.
Three inches of quick rainfall likely is the culprit for causing the landslides, according to David Shallenberger, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service of Pittsburgh.
“For our area — with the hilly terrain and water basins that we have — three inches of rain will cause some problems,” Shallenberger said.
Freeport firefighters responded around 10 p.m. Saturday to the area of Route 356 near the Second Street bridge, where a large portion of the hillside poured onto about two-and-a-half lanes of the road, according to Assistant Fire Chief Mike Greiser.
“There were continual slides happening while we were there,“ said Greiser on Sunday. “Even right now, there’s a ton of water still coming off the hillside. Every so often, it was bringing more stone mud and that kind of stuff down.”
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