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OSO, Wash. The search for survivors of a deadly Washington state mudslide grew Monday to include scores of people who were still unaccounted for as the death toll from the wall of trees, rocks and debris that swept through canada goose outlet store a rural community rose to at least 14.

In struggle to find loved ones, family members and neighbors used chain saws and their bare hands to dig through wreckage that was tangled by the mud into broken piles. They predicted that the number of missing would decline as more people are found safe. But the startling initial length of the list added to the anxieties two days after a mile wide layer of soft earth crashed onto canadian goose jacket a cluster of homes at cheap Canada Goose the bottom of a river valley. But he noted: have not found anyone alive on this pile since Saturday. County sheriff spokeswoman Shari Ireton said Monday afternoon search and rescue crews discovered an additional six bodies, bringing the number fatalities to at least 14.

About 30 houses were destroyed, and the debris blocked a mile long stretch of state highway near Arlington.

The Stillaguamish River near Arlington, Wash. Kuntz said his aunt, Linda McPherson, was killed. He and canada goose uk outlet the others pulled out files, his aunt wallet and a box filled with pictures and slides.

you look at it, you just kind of go in shock, and you kind of go numb, he said, adding that there cheap canada goose were more people canada goose outlet toronto factory out helping Sunday. On Monday, they couldn get through roadblocks.

are all eager to get down here, but unfortunately they can It just shows how tight this community is, he said.

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The mudslide struck Saturday morning, a time when most people are at home.

An overnight search of the debris field turned up no other bodies, Hots said. Monday Canada Goose Outlet search was to include aircraft, dogs and heavy equipment.

Frustrations were growing as family members and neighbors waited for official word on the missing and https://www.foekjedillema.nl the dead.

They also found a chocolate canada goose outlet shop Labrador named Buddy alive, and helped pull the dog from the rubble, leading her to wonder if other survivors could be out there, desperate for help.

we found a dog alive yesterday afternoon that we cut out of a part of a house, doesn that seem that maybe somebody could be stuck up under part of a house and be alive too? asked Young, whose home survived the slide but was on the edge of the devastation.

From the beginning, rescue crews on the ground have faced dangerous and unpredictable conditions as they navigated canada goose outlet canada goose outlet black friday quicksand like mud that was 15 feet deep in some places. Some who went in got caught up canada goose outlet new york city to their armpits in the thick, sticky sludge.

The threat of official canada goose outlet potential flash floods or another landslide also loomed over rescuers. On Monday, some crews had to pull back because of Canada Goose Jackets concern that a hillside could shift.

Retired firefighter canada goose outlet nyc Gail Moffett, canada goose canada goose black friday sale outlet who lives in Oso, said she knows about 25 people who are missing, including entire families with young children.

safe to say I know everyone affected or who they are, Moffett said. so much pain going on in the community right now. the injured were a mother and her baby. Amanda Skorjanc, 25, was in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, spokeswoman Susan Gregg said. Her son, 22 week old Duke Suddarth, remained in critical condition and was improving, Gregg said. Three other men were in serious condition.

Snohomish County Emergency Management Director John Pennington said the list of 108 names included construction workers who were working in the area and people just driving by. But, he cautioned, that does not necessarily mean there are dozens of additional fatalities. Three other patients remained in serious condition.

a soft 108, Pennington said, explaining that the number would almost certainly fall as people are slowly located.

The spirits of search and buy canada goose jacket rescue teams were raised late Saturday when they heard cries for help from the flotsam of trees, dirt and shattered wood. But no one else has been found alive.

The slide blocked the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, which is continuing to back up, officials said.

Frequent, heavy rain and canada goose outlet reviews steep geography make the area prone to landslides. Less than a decade ago, another slide hit in Canada Goose online the same general area.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee described the scene as square mile of total devastation after flying over the disaster area Sunday. He assured families that everything was being done to find their missing loved ones. Inslee said Monday that he had received assurances that the Federal Emergency Management Agency would help.

Barbara Welsh went to Monday news briefing in canada goose outlet online Arlington to get more information. She said she has not seen her husband, William Welsh, since Saturday, when he went to help someone in Oso with a water tank.