Mudslide death toll rises; rains expected to ease
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA BAUMANN
DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) - The rains that have bedeviled rescuers working to find more victims in the debris field from the deadly Washington state mudslide are expected to ease this week, but searchers faced other challenges at the site like household chemicals and sewage.
The number of confirmed dead has increased from 18 to 21, Jason Biermann, program manager at the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management, said Sunday evening.
Fifteen of the victims have been identified by the Snohomish County medical examiner, and six have yet to be identified, Biermann said. Another four bodies were found Sunday, but they won't be added to the official count until the medical examiner receives the bodies. Biermann said 30 people remain missing.
The March 22 landslide, one of the deadliest in U.S. history, struck a rural community about 55 miles northeast of Seattle.
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A worker carries a recovered item along a plywood walkway through other debris, Sunday, March 30, 2014, as search work continues at the site of the massive mudslide that struck the community of Oso,Wash. on March 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Oso, WA - Members of the 141 Civil Engineer Squadron work with the Everett Fire Department to remove trees and debris to allow water to drain from the area that they are searching on March 29, 2014 in Oso, Washington. Over 80 Wash. National Guard personal are now here to help the community of Oso in the wake of the mudslide. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rory Featherston WA ANG)
Washington Air National Guard members from the 141 Civil Engineer Squadron search for missing people in the debris field caused by the Oso mudslide. National Guard Members that have been activated are specifically trained in search and recover operations. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rory Featherston WA ANG)
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Rescue workers continue their effors at the mudslide site near Oso, Wash., Sunday, March 30, 2014. (AP Photo /The Herald, Annie Mulligan)
Rescue workers use chainsaws and other tools to dig through a tangle of trees and mud marked as having a possible victim of the Oso mudslide along State Route 530 near Darrington, Wash. Rescue and recovery workers slogged through thick mud and debris as rain poured down on the area one week after the devastating disaster. Photographed on Saturday, March 29, 2014. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)
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In this March 27, 2014 photo, a search dog waits to be washed by the feet of Washington National Guardsmen after working the debris field created by the mudslide near Oso, Wash. Some 70 Guardsmen from across Washington have been activated to help with search and recovery efforts in the wake of Saturday's mudslide. (AP Photo/Washington National Guard, Spc. Matthew Sissel)
A U.S. flag hangs at half-staff with Whitehorse Mountain behind, during the early morning of Monday, March 31, 2014, at the fire station in Darrington, Wash. Crews have cleared a path through the muck and devastation wrought by Washington's deadly mudslide, making the painstaking search for victims easier. The makeshift road completed over the weekend links one side of the 300-acre debris field to the other. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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