Fifty people are trapped by rising water along Highway 101 in Oregon

Fifty people are trapped by rising water along Highway 101 in Oregon
Fifty people are trapped by rising water along Highway 101 in Oregon
Coast Guard works to rescue fifty people trapped at Oregon RV park which is at risk of mudslides following heavy rainfall Fifty people are trapped in Neskowin Creek RV Resort after the area received heavy rain  The US Coast Guard has deployed two helicopters and one swimmer to help evacuate campers The Coast Guard has rescued 12 people as of 3pm and the evacuation is ongoing  The nearby area has also experienced a landslide and a rockslide, closing several roadways  

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About 50 people became trapped in an RV park in Oregon after the area was hit by heavy rainfall.  

The US Coast Guard has pulled out at least a dozen of the estimated 50 campers from Neskowin Creek RV Resort of Highway 101 on Friday after severe flooding hit the park. The highway shutdown due to flooding. 

The Neskowin area, roughly 70 miles from Portland, received three to seven inches of rain and is in danger of a mudslide, according to weather.com

'There's an RV park with the threat of a mudslide in the area,' Petty Officer Michael Clark of the Coast Guard's 13th District in Seattle told weather.com. 

The area is expected to get another one to three inches and surrounding areas have already experienced mudslides and flooding. 

An estimated 50 people got stuck at an RV camp in Oregon after the area experienced heavy rainfall. The US Coast Guard deployed two helicopters and one swimmer to evacuate campers and so far have rescued 12 people and one dog

An estimated 50 people got stuck at an RV camp in Oregon after the area experienced heavy rainfall. The US Coast Guard deployed two helicopters and one swimmer to evacuate campers and so far have rescued 12 people and one dog 

Camper Hugh Jhanis posted a video to a Facebook group showing the dangerously high waters of the Neskowin Creek

Camper Hugh Jhanis posted a video to a Facebook group showing the dangerously high waters of the Neskowin Creek 

Nearby the RV resort, a firetruck was deployed in dangerously high waters to rescue while authorities warn about severe weather

Nearby the RV resort, a firetruck was deployed in dangerously high waters to rescue while authorities warn about severe weather 

Russ Hiner of Sequim, Washington, posted photos of

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