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Rescue workers continue to search for bodies and survivors after a mudslide in Oso, Washington killed at least 39 people and destroying dozens of homes March 22, 2014.

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Townspeople have erected all manner of signs to show their appreciation for search and rescue personnel working on the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Townspeople have erected all manner of signs to show their appreciation for search and rescue personnel working on the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of material.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of material.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of material.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of material.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of material.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of material.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of materialThomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of material.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of material.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of material.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Search and Rescue personnel continue the search for bodies buried in mud at the landslide in Oso, Wash., Wednesday, April 9, 2014. They use track hoes to dig and specific areas of interest and then hand search each bucket of material.Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press

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Washington mudslide survivor Amanda Skorjanc, 25, talks to the media while sitting in her hospital bed with her partner Ty Suddarth at her side on 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 and said she remembers hearing the voices of several men coming to her aid. She had two broken legs and a broken arm.Dan Bates/The Associated Press

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Washington mudslide survivor Amanda Skorjanc, 25, talks to the media while sitting in her hospital bed on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Seattle.Dan Bates/The Associated Press

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