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Authorities confirmed six more deaths from a massive landslide that wiped out about 30 houses on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 14. More than 100 people are still unaccounted for, although authorities cautioned that number is based on reports, some of which are very vague. Ref. USAToday
The death toll from the massive mudslide in Washington state is now as high as 24. Snohomish fire Chief Travis Hots said two more bodies were recovered Tuesday, and eight more were located but have not yet been recovered. Ref. USAToday
Vigil for mudslide victims as toll hits 25
Rescue teams on Thursday (Local time) clawed through the moon-like surface left by a massive mudslide in Washington state that killed at least 25 people, searching for those still missing, and the community prayed for "One little miracle." Ref. Source 7
A Community changed Forevermore By Deadly Slide
DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) ? The search by heavy equipment, dogs and bare hands for victims from the deadly Washington mudslide was going "all the way to the dirt" as crews looked for anything to provide answers for family and friends a week after a small mountainside community was destroyed.
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The number of people unaccounted for in the Washington landslide has dropped from 90 to 30, according to Jason Biermann with Snohomish County Emergency Management.
He said the official death toll rose Saturday by one, to 18.
Earlier Saturday, officials eulogized the rural residents of Darrington and nearby Oso who lost their lives when a hillside collapsed and obliterated everything in its square-mile path one week ago. Ref. CNN