Many still missing after massive mudslide

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Teresa Welter cries as she holds a candle at a vigil in Arlington, Wash. for the victims of a massive mudslide that struck the nearby community of Oso, March 25, 2014.

Two bodies were recovered Tuesday, while eight more were located in the debris field from Saturday's slide, which brings the likely death toll to 24, though authorities are keeping the official toll at 16 until the eight other bodies are recovered.

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A combination image shows the Oso, Wash. area on Jan. 18, 2014, top, and the same area on March 23, 2014, bottom, after a March 22 landslide sent muddy debris spilling across the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River.

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The massive mudslide is shown in this aerial photo, near Arlington, Wash., March 24, 2014.

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The Stillaguamish River is shown backed up at left in this aerial photo, March 24, 2014, near Arlington, Wash., after it was blocked on Saturday by the massive mudslide.

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Volunteers with chainsaws march down a rugged path toward the scene of a deadly mudslide that hit Saturday, in Arlington, Wash., March 25, 2014.

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A before and after image of the deadly mudslide in Snohomish County, Washington.

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Flowers are left on debris next to a demolished home where a woman's body was found following a deadly mudslide, in Arlington, Wash., March 25, 2014.

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Searchers work from aboard a hovercraft while looking through debris from a mudslide, in Oso, Wash., March 25, 2014.

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An aerial view of the Stillaguamish River and the extensive damage from the landslide, along State Route 530 between the cities of Arlington and Darrington, March 22, 2014.

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A shoe encased in mud sits at the edge of the site of a deadly mudslide, in Oso, Wash., March 25, 2014.

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Volunteers and firefighters with chainsaws and hand tools hike down a rugged path toward the scene of a deadly mudslide, in Oso, Wash., March 25, 2014.

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In this handout from Washington State Dept of Transportation, an aerial view of a breach where water from the Stillaguamish River begins to move through the dam created March 23, 2014 between Darrington and Arlington, Wash.

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The Oso Community Church displays a sign reading "pray with us for our community" in Oso, Wash., March 23, 2014, the day after a giant landslide occurred.

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Trista Bonus, 11, watches an online news clip about a nearby mudslide with LoAnna Langton, Kristian Langton, 5 months, and Elijah Kristopher Langton, 11, at a temporary Red Cross shelter at the Darrington Community Center in Darrington, Wash., March 23, 2014.

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A house is seen destroyed in the mud on Highway 530 next to mile marker 37, the day after a giant landslide occurred near mile marker 37 near Oso, Wash., March 23, 2014 .

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An aerial view of the Stillaguamish River leading up to the landslide, above, that shows a huge volume of earth missing from the side of a hill, along State Route 530 between the cities of Arlington and Darrington, March 22, 2014.

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Kristopher Langton shares a moment with his son, Kristian Langton, 5 months, at a temporary Red Cross shelter at the Darrington Community Center in Darrington, Wash., March 23, 2014.

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An aerial view of the hill that originated the mudslide, the Stillaguamish River and SR 530, March 23, 2014.

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An aerial view of a breach where water from the Stillaguamish River begins to move through the dam between Darrington and Arlington, Wash., March 23, 2014.

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An aerial view of the hill that originated the mudslide between Darrington and Arlington, Wash., March 23, 2014.

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An aerial of a mudslide that covered SR 530, between Darrington and Arlington, Wash., March 22, 2014.

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A massive mudslide is shown in between the towns of Darrington, Wash. and Arlington, Wash., March 23, 2014.

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Tom Moff with Snohomish County looks down at the Stillaguamish River as it maintains a low but steady flow off of Whitman Road on Highway 530, March 23, 2014, the day after a giant landslide occurred near mile marker 37 near Oso, Wash.

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This photo provided by the Washington State Patrol shows the aftermath of a mudslide that moved a house with people inside in Snohomish County, March 22, 2014.