concern in the past few days among the u.s. and ukrainian officials. and a landslide virtually wiped out two rural washington state towns. this morning at 10:37 the exact moment that the slide hit, rescue crews and residents stopped what they were doing for a moment of silence. 17 people are confirmed dead, but they say ta the number will climb with more people still missing. gary tuchman spoke with a woman who lost her husband and daughter. reporter: she is staying with her friend after she lost her mother and daughter in the washington state landslide. reporter: your first child? yes. reporter: and your mom? yes, the first grandchild. reporter: this is natasha s baby sunowa and her mother. and this past saturday she went to yoga and her mother was babysitting the baby when the
risk. there have been numerous studies that have documented it. there s a historical record of repeated failures on the landslide that have gone all the way across the river. we ve done everything we could to protect them. we ve mitigated the landslide from 2006. there s been warnings and advance notifications of high risk for landslides. we ve done everything we could. my heart goes out to all of these individuals. officials say they believe a small earthquake 12 days ago may have played a role in causing the disaster. a despair that s growing for family members searching for missing loved ones. more than 100 people are still reported missing and now we re hearing some of the frantic 911 calls made in the moments right after the slide hit. there s a mudslide and everythings s gone. the houses are gone. i got people here screaming for help. my neighbor s house and their neighbor s house has been completely taken out. it s collapsed on several of them, and they re trapped. pre
john was with a naval commander and served 32 years and they had five chuildren together. they do have high-tech equipment to find victims like pinging cellphones but the cadaver dogs have been the most useful tool. they have not heard signs of life since saturday night. some residents are talking about the fact they can not go in and the complaining about the rescue. the slope was identified as one of the highest risks of a deadly landslide. it would have been more deadly if not for good timing. the county search helicopter was training 25 miles away when the slide hit and dhea they were on
met by the name of dain brunner, he has been looking for his sister, who was on the phone with their mother driving on highway 530. it went dead at the moment that the slide hit. and so he says it was two days ago that he and his 16-year-old son came to the realization that they were no longer looking to rescue his sister, but recover her body. this is what he had to say. a chance to mourn your sister, to no. so call this in? no, i ve had my moments. mainly with my family members and stuff, and my boys. and my wife. but i i haven t had a chance to sit and just let it all out. because i m still in this adrenaline mode, where i need we need to get her, and we need to bring her home. because that s what my mom wants. my mom wants my mom wants to hold her one last time. and that s what we want to do.
an entire community absolutely devastated by this weekend s deadly mudslide in rural washington is anxious. anxious to hear from loved ones who have been reported missing or unaccounted for. officials say the number stands at 176 people. now we re hearing from this 911 audio just released, gives us some idea of just the sheer panic that swept through this area as the slide hit. i got a big emergency. there is a house, a big slide, and it is covering the road. my neighbor s house and their neighbor s house has been completely taken out. and it s collapsed on several of them. and they re trapped. do you know that they re inside the house still? yes, i m standing in the location right now and i can hear them underneath and yelling at us. one of those unaccounted for is a 52-year-old plumber by the