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The company has also temporarily opened an access road through their development for local residents and businesses.

A few dozen protesters have blocked off the station’s access road and take turns keeping watch from the outside.

Once the slide came to a halt and visual assessments were made, an access road was built adjacent to the area, she said.

Officials say a temporary access road is needed to replace the old intake gate at the lake that helps protect downstream communities from catastrophic floods.

A state emergency management update Friday said some homes and the airstrip access road had been inundated with water, and that the sewage system was shut down due to flooding.