Search and rescue crews located an additional six bodies, bringing the total number of deceased to 14 in Saturday's massive landslide near the towns of Oso and Darrington.

Snohomish County Emergency Management Director John Pennington said reports of names of people missing or unaccounted has grown from 108 to 176; he emphasized that many of those names could be duplicates.

The size of the list raised concerns the death toll would rise far above the 14 people who have been confirmed dead after the 1-square-mile slide Saturday swept through part the area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle.

http://www.king5.com/news...15291.html

For all those who are touched with this tragedy.

They have found more people deceased, but until they are brought out of the slide, they are not confirmed as deceased. (I believe they said around 8 more people found-making it 22 so far.)

I saw this story just the other day. They said there was a possibility of people being buried alive inside their cars???


Horrible.

Now they're saying that some people(bodies) may never be found.

So tragic

Still 176 people missing.

Why are people allowed to build houses on land that has had numerous landslides in the past 4 decades, the last one being in 2006????????

lazycrockett said:

Why are people allowed to build houses on land that has had numerous landslides in the past 4 decades, the last one being in 2006????????

That is the question being asked-but the homes were located to the left of the river. The landslide is on the right and picked up the river which pushed the slide further.


As of tonight 25 confirmed dead.

PurpleJedi said:

I saw this story just the other day. They said there was a possibility of people being buried alive inside their cars???


Horrible.

I believe that the cars are mangled and buried.

Before

After

^^Thanks for the before and after pics. Now I can see what happened. My heart goes out to the victims.

Thanks for those pics kewl...I've been following this for days. So horrible. The pics make it more so but give a clear view of what happened.

Heartbreaking... Poor baby...

From KIRO 7 Eyewitness News

HOW TO #HELPOSO >> http://kiro.tv/ LandslideHelp

We have devastating news to share. Baby Sanoah's great uncle says her body has been found in the Oso landslide. Please share your thoughts and condolences for the Huestis family in the comments below.

^^^

Friday there is supposed to be some grim announcement. I'm guessing it's turning into a recovery mission no longer a search mission.

There is also some information inferring that the death count will go up, but not confirmed.

28 confirmed dead (as of today)

The death toll from last month’s landslide in Oso rose to 33 Monday.

Thirty of the victims have been identified. The latest name added to the list Monday was 30-year-old Billy Spillers. Spillers, a Navy chief petty officer, lived on Steelhead Drive with his wife Jonielle and their four children.

Spiller's 4-year-old son, Jacob, survived. Jonielle was not home when the landslide hit.

Spiller's daughter Kaylee, 5, and stepson Jovon “Jojo” Mangual, 13, were also killed. His other daughter, Brooke, is still missing.

http://www.king5.com/news...92471.html

kewlschool said:

The death toll from last month’s landslide in Oso rose to 33 Monday.

Thirty of the victims have been identified. The latest name added to the list Monday was 30-year-old Billy Spillers. Spillers, a Navy chief petty officer, lived on Steelhead Drive with his wife Jonielle and their four children.

Spiller's 4-year-old son, Jacob, survived. Jonielle was not home when the landslide hit.

Spiller's daughter Kaylee, 5, and stepson Jovon “Jojo” Mangual, 13, were also killed. His other daughter, Brooke, is still missing.

http://www.king5.com/news...92471.html

Oh no...just horrible all around. How those survivors must feel. I can't even imagine.

EVERETT, Wash. -- President Barack Obama plans to survey damage from the Washington state mudslide later this month and will meet with victims, first responders and recovery workers, the White House said Tuesday.

The White House said it plans to release further details about the president's trip to Oso, Wash., in the coming days.

Obama spoke with Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., on Tuesday about the recovery effort.

"He called to say that he's going to come out to visit the site on April 22," she said.

http://www.king5.com/news...72991.html

Landslide survivor: 'I was not letting that baby go'

Posted on April 9, 2014 at 4:27 PM

Updated today at 7:11 PM

SEATTLE -- A woman pulled from the rubble of the Washington mudslide along with her infant son is starting to recover physically from her ordeal after six surgeries, but she and her doctor acknowledged Wednesday that the emotional healing will take a very long time.

Certain sounds bring Amanda Skorjanc, 25, right back to March 22, when a river of mud and debris wiped out her Oso neighborhood and killed at least 35 people.

"If the wind blows too hard. If someone is pushing a bed past me, and it rumbles the floor a bit. It brings back the same sight over and over again," Skorjanc said Monday in her first interview since the massive mudslide. She spoke at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle to a pool of reporters.

Skorjanc was sitting with her son that Saturday morning watching videos when the lights in her home started to shake and blink. She looked out the door and, like in a movie, saw houses "exploding" from the force of the slide.

The neighbor's chimney was coming toward her. She held her son tightly and turned away from the door.

"I held onto that baby like it was the only purpose that I had," Skorjanc said. "I did not let that baby go for one second." ...When the earth stopped moving, Skorjanc was trapped in a pocket formed by her broken couch and pieces of her roof.

more here... http://www.king5.com/news...27501.html

Death toll as of today 36.

noimageatall said:

Landslide survivor: 'I was not letting that baby go'

Posted on April 9, 2014 at 4:27 PM

Updated today at 7:11 PM

Related:

• Youngest slide survivor 'baby Duke' improves
• Oso landslide death toll rises to 36

SEATTLE -- A woman pulled from the rubble of the Washington mudslide along with her infant son is starting to recover physically from her ordeal after six surgeries, but she and her doctor acknowledged Wednesday that the emotional healing will take a very long time.

Certain sounds bring Amanda Skorjanc, 25, right back to March 22, when a river of mud and debris wiped out her Oso neighborhood and killed at least 35 people.

"If the wind blows too hard. If someone is pushing a bed past me, and it rumbles the floor a bit. It brings back the same sight over and over again," Skorjanc said Monday in her first interview since the massive mudslide. She spoke at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle to a pool of reporters.

Skorjanc was sitting with her son that Saturday morning watching videos when the lights in her home started to shake and blink. She looked out the door and, like in a movie, saw houses "exploding" from the force of the slide.

The neighbor's chimney was coming toward her. She held her son tightly and turned away from the door.

"I held onto that baby like it was the only purpose that I had," Skorjanc said. "I did not let that baby go for one second." ...When the earth stopped moving, Skorjanc was trapped in a pocket formed by her broken couch and pieces of her roof.

more here... http://www.king5.com/news...27501.html

"They" say right now she's suffering survivors remorse. I hope she gets through it well. Sometimes all you can do is not let go.

39 confirmed dead

The death toll is now 41. To put into perspective, when Mt St Helens exploded 58 people died in WA state.

President Obama will be in Oso Tuesday.