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                              US Mudslide Kills 8

   Authorities in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington say the death
   toll from a massive landslide has risen to eight with at least another
   18 people missing.
   A fire department spokesman said late Sunday that rescuers did not hear
   any signs of life in the 2.6 square kilometer debris pile, but would
   continue to search for survivors on Monday.
   The wall of mud, trees and rocks came down a mountainside in a rural
   area north of Seattle on Saturday. It destroyed as many as 30 houses in
   its path and injured eight people.
   Officials blamed the mudslide on groundwater saturation after recent
   heavy rainfalls.
   One motorist described seeing the mudslide.
   "I was the third car behind a truck with a boat. I saw the darkness
   washing everything off the road. I am not sure that truck made it
   through."
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