Washington landslide death toll rising

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The discovery of additional bodies came as crews searched under

drizzly skies for survivors amid fading hopes that anyone could still be

plucked alive from the massive pile of muck and debris.

"Unfortunately we did not find any signs of life today, we didn't

find anybody alive," local fire chief Travis Hots told a media briefing.

Officials said that 176 remained missing, but they were hoping that

number would decline as some may have been double-counted or were slow

to alert family and officials of their whereabouts. Eight people were

injured.

The disaster already ranks as one of the deadliest landslides in

recent U.S. history. In 2005, 10 people died when a hillside gave way

and engulfed homes in La Conchita, California.