More than 100 rescuers with dogs, aircraft and sonar equipment scoured the remnants of the steep hillside in the remote town, 50 miles north of Seattle looking for the nearly 200 people – some using chain saws and their bare hands to to dig through the mangled wreckage.
The death toll so far stood at eight on Monday morning, but the tragic discovery of six bodies in the evening was announced via Twitter hours after emergency management officials expressed doubt anyone else would be plucked alive from the muck that engulfed dozens of homes.
More than 100 properties were hit in the massive landslide when a rain-soaked hillside near Oso, Washington, collapsed on Saturday morning.
Mammoth: The search for survivors grew desperate on Monday, raising fears that the death toll could climb far beyond the eight confirmed fatalities
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