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          US Mudslide Death Toll Expected to Increase 'Substantially'

   The death toll is already 25 from a devastating U.S. mudslide, but a
   rescue leader says the number of victims is likely to soon increase
   "substantially."
   A fire chief in the western state of Washington, Travis Hots, said
   Thursday that as a medical examiner works to identify bodies already
   found in the mass of mud, trees and debris, he expects the list of
   victims to lengthen considerably within the next two days.
   Authorities says that 90 people are unaccounted for, and that some may
   never be found. Saturday`s sudden landslide cascaded without warning
   through the rural enclave of Oso, north of the city of Seattle.
   More than 200 rescue workers have been sifting through the
   quicksand-like mud littered with the remnants of 49 houses, twisted
   cars and the personal belongings of people who lived there.
   Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, who represents the area, visited the site
   Wednesday and described the devastation.
   "This disaster is so enormous. I sometimes think that even pictures
   don`t always do it justice. The number of families that have been
   impacted, the number of people that they`ve lost, the number of people
   who are still missing. It`s truly, truly heartbreaking."
   Crews are using heavy equipment, high tech cameras, search dogs and
   their bare hands to search and dig through the rubble in the search for
   possible survivors and victims. No one has been found alive since
   Saturday.
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