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176 people who are missing and unaccounted for, it is very important to break that number down, explain it. its 176 reports. so it could be a report that a family member put out on a web site, a report that came out on twitter, or could very well be a vague description. for instance a neighbor saying my name bill lived there. thats where he should be. but hes missing so bill could be an identity that these investigators are looking into. the hope, piers, is that that number goes down. but as we ...

Signs of survivors who may still be in that deadly mudslide in state. 14 people are confirmed dead. at least 100 have not been accounted for or mission. we are hearing the -- or missing. we are hearing the 911 calls that started to come in as the mountain started to move. >> the houses are gone. there are people yelling for help. martha: dan, both the death toll and the number of missing are rising today, right? >> reporter: thats been a confusion and difficult story to report. usually the numbe...

>> the search is tedious and dangerous. conditions are being described as dismal. nbc news channel reporter joins us now from arlington, washington. lets start with what we know. 14, is there an expectation that that death toll will rise, and what about the number of people who may be missing? >> reporter: that number has been so fluid, as you know, chris, it was 18, then it was 108 yesterday, and then by yesterday evening, it was up to 178. officials tell us they are certain that many of the na...

Deadly landslide. about 100 people still unaccounted for. 14 people now confirmed dead. officials are calling it an active rescue operation. crews had to be pulled back because of fears of another landslide. george howell joins me live from washington with the latest. what more do we know about the fay tay tailties and those missing? >> we know the number is at 108 reports. i want to break that down, though, when we talk about reports it could be a number of different things. a family member tha...

(dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. its what makes a subaru, a subaru. this morning i shared with you the number 108. this afternoon i have to share with you that the approximate number of the names that have been reported in under our consolidated call center which is now up and running is 176. >> we have breaking news from washington state tonight. there are now 176 reports of people missing or unacco...

...theres a lot of buyers for a house like yours. (dad) thats good to know. (mom) im so excited. this morning i shared with you the number 108. this afternoon i have to share with you that the approximate number of the names that have been reported in under our consolidated call center which is now up and running is 176. >> we have breaking news from washington state tonight. there are now 176 reports of people missing or unaccounted for up from 108. from saturdays massive mudslide, which has ...

>> and thats very important to point out. that number, 176, those are 176 reports, anderson. so basically it could be a family that put up a website looking for their loved one. that could be a report. it could be a twitter query looking for a relative or a vague description, something like havent seen paul at that house. thats where he lived. that could be a report. investigators are trying to compile the reports and narrow them down. we started with of a dozen. that went up to 108 and now with...

So for instance, a neighbor says i know that neil lived in that home and should have been there. that is a report they are looking into. so now the number has risen. investigators want to be methodical and comb, looking for as many of these reports as possible. the hope was that number would decline but it has risen from 108 to 176. >> we have someone keeping an eye on that tonight and indeed tomorrow morning. george howell thank you very much indeed. and well be right back.

Numbers came out today. not to lose sight of the heart of the matter, though, there are families now waiting for days without answers, just uncertain of whether their homes are still there, whether their loved ones are still alive. but again, we learned several new numbers today. first of all, that 108 reports of missing or unaccounted for people. thats what investigators are focusing on right now. want to break that down so you can understand the number, because it is a very big number, compare...

National lead," another desperate search is happening right now in the u.s. 108 people are still unaccounted for after a massive landslide in rural washington state. saturd saturdays landslide covered a remote square mile. its really incredible to see. eight people we know were killed and with the mud flowing like quicksand in some spots, its been difficult for those to search for survivors. king 5 spoke with one woman holding out hope that her father will be found alive. >> its really scary not...