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03-24-2014, 04:43 PM
Authorities say they have 108 reports of people missing or unaccounted for after Saturday's huge landslide in the north-western US state of Washington.
Eight bodies have been recovered so far after the 54m (177ft) deep wall of mud swept near the town of Oso, about 90km (55 miles) north of Seattle.
Search crews have worked day and night, using helicopters in the dangerous conditions that destroyed 30 homes.
Several people, including an infant, were critically injured.
Snohomish County emergency management director John Pennington said the figure did not necessarily represent the total number of injuries or fatalities.
He said the list had been consolidated from a number of sources.
"It's a soft 108," Mr Pennington told a news conference, reports the Associated Press news agency.
"We have not found anyone alive on this pile since Saturday," he added.
Snohomish County fire chief Travis Hots told reporters: "The situation is very grim."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26723240
Eight bodies have been recovered so far after the 54m (177ft) deep wall of mud swept near the town of Oso, about 90km (55 miles) north of Seattle.
Search crews have worked day and night, using helicopters in the dangerous conditions that destroyed 30 homes.
Several people, including an infant, were critically injured.
Snohomish County emergency management director John Pennington said the figure did not necessarily represent the total number of injuries or fatalities.
He said the list had been consolidated from a number of sources.
"It's a soft 108," Mr Pennington told a news conference, reports the Associated Press news agency.
"We have not found anyone alive on this pile since Saturday," he added.
Snohomish County fire chief Travis Hots told reporters: "The situation is very grim."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26723240