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Oso landslide gallery

Originally published March 3, 2015 at 6:23 pm Updated March 20, 2015 at 12:08 pm

A mudslide along Highway 530, near Oso, sent a massive section of this hill into the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River on Saturday, March 22, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Emergency responders relocate from the Oso fire station on Highway 530 to downtown Arlington on North MacLeod Street over concerns that the river logjam could break and flood the area east of Arlington. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

State Trooper Hyatt takes down the name of a driver as he monitors Highway 530 near Jim Creek Road, which is closed to everyone but residents and family members, on Sunday, March 23, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Claire Logan, right, carries supplies to help set up an evacuation center at Post Middle School in Arlington to assist those impacted by the mudslide on the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, Saturday, March 22, 2014. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)

Robin Youngblood survived the mudslide that destroyed her house next to the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River on Saturday morning, March 22, 2014. “All of a sudden there was a wall of mud” about 25 feet high, she said. “Then it hit and we were rolling. The house was in sticks. We were buried under things, and we dug ourselves out.” (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)

A destroyed house is seen in the mud on Highway 530 next to mile marker 37 on Sunday, March 23, 2014, the day after a giant mudslide occurred near Oso. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Gov. Jay Inslee talks privately with two residents personally affected by the mudslide after a media news conference at Arlington City Hall, on Sunday, March 23, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Local residents attend an afternoon community meeting in Darrington to discuss the mudslide along Highway 530, near Oso, which has impacted the town in many ways, on Sunday, March 23, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Dayn Brunner, left, talks about his sister, Summer Raffo, who is still missing in the Highway 530 mudslide, and possibly trapped in a vehicle. Andrea Holm, second from left, and Josie Fanning, far right, console Brittney Smith, who is a younger sister to Brunner and Raffo, outside the Darrington Community Center on Sunday, March 23, 2014. Brunner was out searching for his sister. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Rescue workers pack up and get ready to head out at the Darrington Fire District 24 Station on Monday, March 24, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A group of search-and rescue-responders is escorted into the closed area of Highway 530 east of near Oso, Monday, March 24, 2014. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)

State patrol officers guard the entrance to landslide area along Highway 530, on Monday, March 24, 2014. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)

Doug Dix, left, talks with Davis and Ruth Hargrave, who lost their home in the March 22 landslide but were not there when it happened, on Monday, March 24, 2014. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)

State Transportation Department crews, rescuers and volunteers help clear and sort debris and mud near mile marker 37 on Highway 530, on Monday, March 24, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

A volunteer moves a large piece of wire as he and several others work to clear debris at the beginning of the mudslide near mile marker 37 on Highway 530, on Monday, March 24, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Governor Jay Inslee talks with State Patrol Capt. Jeffrey Sass as he visits rescuers and volunteers near the scene on Highway 530 on Monday, March 24, 2014, after a giant mudslide occurred near mile marker 37 near Oso on Saturday. State Geologist Dave Norman said the slide is about 4400 feet wide and that they are evaluating the flow via stream gauges. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

A King County sheriff helicopter circles the scene as a rescue worker begins to lower himself down on a line at the mudslide near mile marker 37, on Monday, March 24, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

A Lynnwood Fire Department rescue worker walks alongside a destroyed house near the edge of the slide debris, on Monday, March 24, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Maryann Lehtinen, who lives two blocks away from Arlington United Church, prays at the door during an emotional service led by Pastor Jessica Ronhaar for those affected by the mudslide in Oso, on Monday, March 24, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Marjorie Hemmer, from left, Frankie Nations-Bryson and Rita Mauldin work behind the kitchen counters preparing food and organizing supplies at the temporary Red Cross shelter set up at the Darrington Community Center, on Monday, March 24, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Safety manager Mike Breysse of WSDOT walks in the wreckage and slide debris, on Monday, March 24, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

The massive mudslide that killed at least eight people and left dozens missing is shown in this aerial photo, Monday, March 24, 2014, near Oso. The search for survivors grew Monday, raising fears that the death toll would climb. (Ted S. Warren / The Associated Press)

Lyle Kellogg, of Silvana, rests his head in his hand during an emotional prayer service at Arlington United Church on Monday. The service, led by pastor Jessica Ronhaar and open to the public, was a chance for community members to come together for a brief, quiet time of reflection, prayer and solidarity. Kellogg isn’t sure he knows anyone affected, but wanted to come show his support. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

With proper boots and protective clothing, local residents show up to sign up to volunteer in recovery efforts outside the Darrington Fire District 24 station, on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Workers assess a damaged structure to determine how to enter it safely as recovery efforts are under way near Oso, on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A damaged home sits in the debris field caused by massive mudslide above the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

PaZazz! Hair Design owner and stylist Anita O’Sullivan, who is donating $5 from every haircut until April 10 to help relief efforts, works on Joel Russell’s hair in Arlington on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. “I never thought anything like this would happen,” said Russell of the situation. O’Sullivan says some of her regular clients may have lost family members in the tragedy, including Barbara Welsh, whose husband, Bill, is missing. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Workers make haste on a hovercraft toward the debris field on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A rescue worker with a search dog works diligently in the debris field caused by the massive mudslide above the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River onto Highway 530, as recovery efforts are underway, near Oso, on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Markings left behind by search teams could be seen on a mobile home sitting in the debris field as recovery efforts are under way on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Rescue workers carry an inflatable boat to the flooded area in the debris field on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

More workers arrive to help in the debris field on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A car coming from Oso near the site of Saturday’s huge mudslide heads west past by a sign outside Flick’s Upholstery on Highway 530 in Arlington, on Tuesday, March, 25 2014. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

A rescue worker climbs aboard an inflatable boat to get across the flooded debris field on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Elaine Young holds onto a bible she found among the mudslide debris on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A search dog roams and sniffs through the debris field on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. The recovery effort has been expanded to include hundreds as they continue to search for survivors or bodies amid worsening weather conditions. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

An emotional Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots looks down as he speaks during a press conference at Haller Park in Arlington on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Two more bodies were recovered, bringing the official total to 16 dead, with eight more bodies believed to be found but not yet recovered as of Tuesday night. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

From left, Jenni Simonsen (white hat), Heather Hollingsworth (“W” hat), and Heidi Clark, right, all of Arlington, stand with hundreds of other residents at a candlelight vigil for victims of the deadly Highway 530 mudslide at Legion Memorial Park in Arlington on Tuesday March 25, 2014. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

Elisa Hollandsworth and Mark Hammrich, of Snohomish, stand at a candlelight vigil for victims at Legion Memorial Park in Arlington, on Tuesday March 25, 2014. “We’re praying for the people left behind and the rescue workers,” Hollandsworth said. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

Volunteer reserve helicopter technician Randy Fay turns away from the media to try to compose himself after describing the rescue of a child along with his mother from the mud caused by the massive landslide on Saturday. A technician is the one who runs the winch in helicopter rescue. He volunteers for the Snohomish Sheriff’s Department helicopter search and rescue team. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Robin Youngblood, right, smiles after embracing Snohomish County helicopter crew chief Randy Fay, who helped rescue her from the scene of a deadly mudslide days earlier, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in Arlington. Youngblood was home when the March 22 slide hit, moving her house a quarter-mile, where she was able to find her way out of the rubble. (Elaine Thompson / The Associated Press)

The Mountain Loop Highway between Darrington and Granite Falls was reopened Wednesday afternoon, March 26, 2014, providing an alternative route to the community cut off by the landslide covering Highway 530. The route usually does not open until Memorial Day but crews worked around the clock since Monday removing snow and ice from the gravel road. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)

Darrington Fire District 24 volunteer firefighters, from left, Jeff McClelland, Jan McClelland and Eric Finzimer, embrace each other after saying a prayer for the victims and survivors of the massive mudslide above the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Darrington Fire District 24 volunteer firefighters, Jeff McClelland, from left, Jan McClelland and Eric Finzimer, first responders to the mudslide, are interviewed by the media in Darrington on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Sheridan Vincent, bottom right, joins fellow local residents as they form a human chain to help unload a truck filled with donated goods from the The Rock Church in Monroe, to provide relief at the community center in Darrington, on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. The donated supplies included 4,000 gallons of water along with necessities like toilet paper, baby supplies, bathing products, outdoor cooking supplies, Meals Ready To Eat (MRE), energy bars and clothes. The slide cut off the shortest route out of Darrington. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Snohomish County Fire District 22 Chief Travis Hots addresses the media at a morning press conference in Arlington on Thursday, March 27. Hots told the media to respect the privacy of people grieving the loss of friends and loved ones. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

In the aftermath of the Oso mudslide, Tom and Diana Gent help organize donated animal food and stock them up for distribution at the Darrington Rodeo Grounds on Thursday, March 27, 2014. There was a variety of pet food and horse feed for those who need it. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A worker carrying a probe wades through water covering Highway 530 on Thursday, March 27, 2014, on the eastern edge of the massive mudslide that struck Saturday near Oso. Heavy equipment moves trees and other debris in the background. (Ted S. Warren / The Associated Press)

Members of the Air Force National Guard, including Maj. Tawny Dotson, left, Master Sgt. Chris Martin, Senior Airman Charolette Gibson, and Capt. Brad Sanders are assisting with efforts at the Oso mudslide on Thursday March 27, 2014. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

Local and national media converge on Haller Park in Arlington to cover the mudslide on Thursday, March 27, 2014. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

Interfaith Chaplain Rev. Owen Couch takes a moment to close his eyes, breathe and recompose himself, before answering the the difficult questions posed by the media Thursday, March 27, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Gabby Kernaghan, a Darrington volunteer firefighter, hugs her dog, Snickers, a boston beagle mix, wearing a dog’s fire suit, at the Darrington Fire District 24 station on Thursday, March 27, 2014. Kernaghan, a first responder in the aftermath of the massive mudslide along Highway 530, is resting today after working non stop in search-and-rescue operations. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the recovery operations at the Darrington Fire District 24 Station on Thursday, March 27, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Kirk Jayne, left, and Kris Langton take respite after spending the day recovering personal items from their flooded homes on Thursday, March 27, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A truck hauls rocks up the road state Department of Transportation workers are making to give emergency vehicles and construction crews access to the Darrington side of the mudslide on Highway 530, on Friday, March 27, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Workers help clear and sort the remains of houses at the west site of the mudslide. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

From left, Melynda Davis, Snoqualmie Tribal deputy secretary and council member; Alex “Kisa” Jimenez, of the Hopi Tribe; and Rhonda Neufang, Snoqualmie Tribe council member, embrace after news conference in Darrington, on Friday, March 28, 2014. On Friday, the tribe announced donations of $275,000 to aid in the mudslide-recovery efforts. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Nancy Knutson, of Arlington, holds up a shirt supporting Oso to her son, Eric, 12, at Action Sports in Arlington on March 28, 2014. “We’ve lost some very close friends,” she said of the mudslide. About 100 have been sold today, with part of the proceeds going toward relief efforts. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

An “Oso Strong” sticker is displayed on a truck outside an Oso Victim’s Relief Benefit at The Krosswalk in Arlington on Friday, March 28, 2014. Locals Jennifer Starr and Kari O’Sullivan had planned to celebrate O’Sullivan’s birthday, “but it didn’t feel right to just be celebrating,” said O’Sullivan, so they turned it into a benefit. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Amy Danard, left, gets a hug from Teresa Wrzesinski as they remember those lost at an Oso Victim’s Relief Benefit at The Krosswalk in Arlington on Friday, March 28, 2014. Danard, who went to high school with Christina Jefferds, a resident confirmed dead, says she feels “Numb … It’s my town and I know these people.” Wrzesinski’s daughter went to school with some of the children who were missing. “They found some of their bodies on Tuesday,” she said. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Volunteers bow their heads during a moment of silence at the Oso fire station at 10:37 a.m. Saturday, March 29, 2014, a week after the mudslide occurred. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

A rescue worker with his work boots taped to his pants stands solemnly outside the Darrington Fire District 24 Station for a prayer and a moment of silence to observe the one week anniversary, to the minute, of the massive March 22, 2014, mudslide. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Monroe resident Dale Boggs smiles as he brings an armful of colorful blankets into the Oso Community Chapel on Saturday, March 29, 2014. His wife Molly’s foster parents lived in the area and they wanted to give back to the community. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Tim Melkow, of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department, checks the flood levels on the east side of the Highway 530 mudslide on Saturday, March 29, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A rescue worker looks up into a pile of debris marked with “PV” (possible victim) as workers continue to dig in flooded areas on the east side of the mudslide-debris zone on Saturday, March 29, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Rescue workers dig through a pile of debris marked with “PV” (possible victim) in the debris field Saturday, March 29, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Tina Kastning, center right, reflects on Pastor Tim Sauer’s sermon during Sunday Church service, at Saint John Mary Vianney Catholic Church, in Darrington, on Sunday, March 30, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Rescue dog Nexus, muddy from working onsite, is decontaminated via hose after leaving the west side of the mudslide on Highway 530 near mile marker 37 on Sunday, March 30, 2014, in Arlington, Wash. Periods of rain and wind have hampered efforts the past two days, with some rain showers continuing today. (Rick Wilking / The Associated Press)

Workers use bits of plywood to cross over a small stream of muddy water flowing from the the west side of the mudslide on Highway 530 near mile marker 37, on Sunday, March 30, 2014. (Rick Wilking / The Associated Press)

From left, DeLayne Haldeman, Samantha Valencia, Breanna Valencia and Felipe Valencia Jr., pray during Sunday church service at Saint John Mary Vianney Catholic Church, in Darrington, on Sunday, March 30, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A flag flies at half-staff on a log Sunday, March 30, 2014, with the slope of the massive mudslide that struck Saturday, March 22, 2014 in the background. The search for victims of the deadly slide continued Sunday, with crews searching both with heavy machinery and by hand. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

Rose Fagerberg, center, bows her head in prayer during Sunday church service at the Glad Tidings Assembly of God, in Darrington, on Sunday, March 30, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

The members of Glad Tidings Assembly of God are a tight knit community and often stay after Sunday church service to have long conversations. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

People hug as they leave the Sunday community service at the Oso Community Chapel on Sunday, March 30, 2014. “We may be knocked down but we’re not knocked out,” said Pastor Gary Ray in his sermon. Periods of rain and wind have hampered efforts the past two days, with some rain showers continuing in the afternoon. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Members of Glad Tidings Assembly of God hug during a church service in Darrington on Sunday, March 30, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Snohomish County firefighters walk through the mud on a plywood path at the west side of the mudslide field on Sunday, March 30, 2014, in Arlington. (Rick Wilking / The Associated Press)

Randi Ray, daughter of Oso Community Chapel’s pastor Gary Ray, and Gary’s daughter-in-law Molly Ray, right, put up yellow ribbons around the Chapel grounds on Sunday, March 30, 2014 before their 10 a.m. service. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management program manager Jason Biermann purses his lips as he looks down at his notes during a news conference at Haller Park on Sunday, March 30, 2014. Biermann confirmed that the total fatality count is now officially at 21, with 30 still missing as of Sunday. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

From left, Terry Haldeman, DeLayne Haldeman, Samantha Valencia, Breanna Valencia, Felipe Valencia Jr., Felipe Valencia Sr., J.J. Haldeman and Tyler Haldeman hold hands in a circle and pray for their valley and for the communities of Oso, Darrington and Arlington, during Sunday church service at Saint John Mary Vianney Catholic Church, in Darrington, on Sunday, March 30, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A Sheriff’s Department search helicopter flies over the debris field caused by the massive mudslide above the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River onto Highway 530 outside Oso, west of Darrington, on Monday, March 31, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Heavy machinery helps speed up the recovery operations as it sorts through the mud and large debris on Monday, March 31, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A Coast Guard search helicopter flies March 31, 2014, over the peak of the hill that gave way and smothered the Steelhead Haven neighborhood below on March 22. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Arne Hedlin, center, along with volunteer firefighters from Skagit County District 2, wash a water tender truck as they fill in for the firefighters of Darrington Fire District 24 station on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Workers at the FEMA staging camp occupying the Darrington Bluegrass Music Park get ready to start the day on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Steven Harris, Washington Incident Management Team division supervisor, briefs reporters on mudslide-recovery efforts on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A worker and dog share a moment as the sun rises over the FEMA staging camp in Darrington, where crews got ready to head out to the Highway 530 mudslide debris field on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Workers dig at a much drier site on the west side of the mudslide field Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Nikki Stinson, left, and her son Montana, 15, work at their home on tidying up boots and clothing used by family and friends who have volunteered at the mudslide site on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. “When they come back they basically strip, leave their clothing outside and shower right away,” so they don’t contaminate anything, said Nikki. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

A rescue worker applies duct tape to his boots and plastic jumpsuit to keep mud out, on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

State Department of Transportation workers enter the mudslide site on a constructed path of plywood on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Workers rest on trees and debris as a backhoe move piles of mud while they search for victims and sort debris at the west site of the mudslide on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

The scale of the mudslide’s reach can be seen from a new limited-access road connecting Arlington to Darrington on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Debra Hoskins ties yellow ribbons onto the North Fork Stillaguamish River Bridge near Arlington on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. “Ribbons signify that you expect the return of a loved one. For me this is just showing faith. We’re just believing that every single body will be returned to their families, ” said Hoskins, who is a pastor. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Richard Anderson takes a break after restocking the Darrington food bank to meet the needs of families affected by the March 22 mudslide near Oso, on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Volunteers help restock the Darrington food bank on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Custom-made shirts honoring the communities affected by the Highway 530 mudslide are for sale at the Melinda’s Movies & More store in Darrington on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. The proceeds will be donated to mudslide-relief efforts. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Ray Coleman helps restock the Darrington food bank behind First Baptist Church on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Cindy Nichols, left, and Rachel McConnaughy restock canned food at the Darrington food bank on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Annie Bussiere, owner of Annie’s Pizza store, sports an yellow ribbon honoring the victims of the March 22 mudslide near Oso as she greets customers in her store in Concrete on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Chuck Van Benschoten, center, volunteers at the Darrington food bank on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Sunset casts a warm amber glow on Gold Mountain, which oversees the town of Darrington, on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A large American flag flies at half-staff in the debris field on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The large flag, raised on the third day after the deadly mudslide, replaces an older flag found in the debris and flown at by the Oso Fire Department on the second day. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Rescue workers, restricted by the massive amount of debris, march in single file on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A rescue worker watches as an excavator, sitting on a pile of logs placed there for stability, clears a water channel to drain flooded areas of the debris field on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A worker with surveying equipment stands in the debris field on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

A teddy bear is found on the outskirts of the debris field where recovery operations are under way on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

An excavator, sitting on a pile of logs placed there for stability, clears a water channel to drain flooded areas of the debris field on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Rescue workers navigate the debris field on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

The Brooks family, of Arlington — from left, Kelly, Logan, 6, Dane and Gwendolyn Brooks, 4 — embrace as they bow their heads during the “Together Evening of Prayer” at Haller Middle School in Arlington on Friday, April 4, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Clasped hands and flowers are held during a prayer service at Haller Middle School in Arlington on Friday, April 4, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Catheleen Abramowicz, center, and her mother, JoAnna Abramowicz, center right, tear up during the “Together Evening of Prayer” service on Friday, April 4, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Attendees bow their head in prayer at a service in Arlington on Friday, April 4, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Pastor Judi Johnston, of Jake’s House of Prayer and Worship, left, prays with Pastor Jessica Ronhaar of Arlington Youth Dynamics, right, before the prayer service, “Together Evening of Prayer,” at Haller Middle School in Arlington on Friday, April 4, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Faith leaders of the local ministerial association hold hands in a prayer circle before the start of the “Together Evening of Prayer” at Haller Middle School in Arlington on Friday, April 4, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Holding up lit candles, community members and rescue workers line up the walls of Darrington Community Center for a candlelight vigil dedicated to the communities affected by the Highway 530 mudslide, in Darrington, on Saturday, April 5, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Gabby Kernaghan, right, pauses during a candlelight vigil for the communities affected by the Highway 530 mudslide inside the Darrington Community Center in Darrington, on Saturday, April 5, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

Governor Jay Inslee, joined by Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, center, speak at Paine Field as they walk to the podium on Sunday, April 6, 2014. Johnson and Inslee had just returned from a survey of the mudslide and ongoing response efforts with several other local officials. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Washington mudslide survivor Amanda Skorjanc, left, talks to the media with her partner Ty Suddarth at Harborview Medical Center, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Seattle. On March 22, Skorjanic said she was trapped in a pocket formed by her broken couch and pieces of her roof with her infant son. Skorjanic had two broken legs and a broken arm. (Dan Bates / The Associated Press)

A Marsh Master emerges from several feet of water with members of dive teams onto a berm being constructed on the Darrington side on Friday, April 11, 2014. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked in partnership with Snohomish county to build a series of berms that function as roads and provide an added layer of safety to help searchers with flood control. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

A bulldozer smooths a berm being constructed at the main slide site off of Highway 530 near Darrington on Friday, April 11, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Marine One, carrying President Obama, takes an aerial tour of the slide zone near Oso on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, one month after the hillside collapsed onto the Steelhead Haven neighborhood. (Carolyn Kaster / The Associated Press)

President Obama waves from a vehicle heading to the Oso Fire Station, on the one-month anniversary of the March 22, 2014, mudslide. At center in foreground is 5-year-old Cyrus Bradley, of Oso. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

President Obama makes his remarks inside the Oso Fire Station after surveying the damage and response efforts on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

President Obama greets first responders in the audience after making his remarks inside the Oso Fire Station on Tuesday, April 22, one month after the disaster. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

President Obama poses with Landon Harper, 9, left, and his brother Levi, 7, sons of Oso Fire Chief Willy Harper, as their mom, Michelle, takes a photo at the Oso fire station on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

An amphibious excavator from BCI Contracting, hired by Snohomish County, brings up a bucketful of water and mud as it helps widen what is now the North Fork Stillaguamish River channel near the slide on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

A large carved sign memorializing the time the slide hit rests on one of the few surviving spruce trees in the middle of the slide zone on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

A National Guard volunteer chips away at a wall of heavy mud looming above him as crews continue to work to clear the area, seen from an access road on the west side of the slide near Oso on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

Traffic is diverted to a primitive, one-lane road around the slide zone on March 29, 2014. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Vehicles go down a temporary, one-lane road past debris from the Oso mudslide on March 29, 2014. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

John Reed, who lives on the western edge of the Highway 530 Oso mudslide, might be the only living eyewitness to the slide coming down. Standing near the debris, he said he would continue to live there, on Friday, May 23, 2014. (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)

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