Eight dead, 108 unaccounted for in US landslide

A total of 108 people are still unaccounted for after a devastating landslide in the northwestern US state of Washington, while eight people are so far confirmed dead, officials said Monday. Duration: 01:03

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SHOTLIST: DARRINGTON, WASHINGTON, 24 MARCH, 2014, SOURCE: CBS *NO RESALE for non-editorial purposes* - No Japan - No Free over-the-air broadcasters in Australia - No US cable news outlets, free over-the-air networks or stations, their websites and their mobile phone services Images showing: -VAR of landslide damage between Darrington and Oso, Washington SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON, 22 MARCH, 2014, SOURCE: WASHINGTON STATE PATROL *NO RESALE for non-editorial purposes* Images showing: -VAR aerials of landslide damage ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, 24 MARCH, 2014, SOURCE: CBS *ATTENTION: Restrictions as above for CBS material* SOUNDBITE 1 John Pennington (man), Emergency Management Snohomish County (English, 14 sec) "To date there are 108 reports of names of individuals who are either unaccounted for or missing. I was to stop at that point and clarify that these are 108 reports." SOUNDBITE 2 Travis Hots (man), Snohomish Country fire district 21 Chief (English, 19 sec) "Today's operation is going to involve aircraft. It's going to involve search and rescue people. It's going to involve search dogs. We've got our technical rescue teams, they've got electronic equipment that they can use to probe the ground if necessary, and we're going to be working very, very hard out there." SOUNDBITE 3 Steve Thompson (man), Public Works Director (English, 14 sec) "The slide debris that's laying in the bottom of the river, it's about a mile long, probably 1,000 feet wide. Probably an estimate of 15 million cubic yards of material - it's massive. It's the biggest thing I've seen in the 30 years I've been working in this area." /// --------------------- AFP TEXT STORY: 108 reported unaccounted for in US landslide / Los Angeles (United States) - 24 March 2014 12:36 - AFP - LEAD A total of 108 people have been reported missing or unaccounted for after a landslide in the northwestern US state of Washington, a local emergency official said Monday. The confirmed death toll remains at eight after the massive landslide slammed "like a freight train" into a mountainside community, said Snohomish County emergency management chief John Pennington. He stressed that 108 is the number of reported missing or unaccounted for, not necessarily actually missing after the disaster on Saturday. But he did say there were a total of 49 dwellings of various types in the area hit by the devastating landslide, and that there were likely to have been more people at home on a Saturday than during the week. "To date there are 108 reports of names of individuals who are either unaccounted for or missing," he said. "This doesn't mean that there are 108 injuries, or 108 fatalities, it's 108 reports," he told reporters. "It was Saturday, and it was probably a higher number than you would see during a weekday," he said. Previously, the number of people reported missing stood at 18.