And im Marci Gonzalez in for diana perez. A small Washington Town is left with sadness and fear this morning as the death toll rises following a massive mudslide. Eight people confirmed dead. Another 18 missing. The view from above shows the size of the slide burying homes in several feet of mud. Rescue crews are putting an oblgs xrksz orange x on the buildings they have been able to search. Tahman bradley has the latest. Reporter the frantic search for people trapped in debris continued through the night. Rescuers digging through dangerously thick mud. 15 feet deep in some areas. The conditions are muddy. In places, its like quick sand. Other areas are not accessible at this time. Reporter pick occurs from above the scene show the scope. This Rural Community north of seattle buried by a mudslide measuring a square mile. It looks as if a whole side of the mountain came crashing down. Total devastation. I mean, its just unbelievable. It reminds me of what a tornado looks like. When its touched the ground. There really is no stick standing in the path of the slide. Reporter at least 18 people are still missing, including reid millers son. If hes still alive, who knows what kind of condition hes in. Reporter shawn wright and two other men struggled through the soupy mud to find a mother and child laying in the remains of their home. They used chain saws to cut them out. Where we got hurt was just debris. It was all debris. Reporter nearly 30 homes were destroyed or damaged. Several people hospitalized including a 5monthold infant. Its been surreal. The tragedy is unthinkable. Reporter on saturday, rescuers reported hearing screams from trapped people. Now Officials Say the voices are gone. Tahman bradley, abc news, washington. All right, thanks, tahman. This story is changing by the hour. Stay with abc news for any updates. A live report coming up on good morning america. Now to breaking news overnight in the search for flight 370. A new sighting of what may be debris from the jetliner. A chinese planes crew says they have seen objects floating in the search area. As we hear from clayton sandell, it may be awhile before we know if theyre from the missing plane. Reporter this morning, ten search planes have taken off from here in perth, scouring a vast section of ocean looking for any sign of flight 370. Flight cruise on australian, chinese, japanese, and american search planes are crisscrossing search areas of 26,000 square miles. The goal is to get human eyes on the elusive pieces of debris being seen from outer space by satellites. Its a gorgeous sunny day here in perth. In the search area 1500 miles southwest of here, the forecast calls for rain. That, of course, cuts down on visibility. Making the tough job of spotting objects in the water even tougher. Today, two giant transport planes from china are flying the search area for the first time. And today, Chinese State media reported that t air crews on a chinese plane may have spotted suspicious objects in the indian ocean. No confirmation to what theyve found, in anything. And in the water, an Australian Navy ship is on the scene. Several more from china are on the way. The u. S. Navy has moved a socalled black box locater into the region. Its towed underwater behind a ship and can hear the beeps from the blacks boxes all the way to a depth of 20,000 feet. The black boxes are critical to finding out what happened to malaria 370. Now the u. S. Navy tells us this is purely a precautionary measure. They want to be ready in case debris is confirmed. So far, despite this massive search, no confirmed sign of the plane or the 239 people who were on board. Clayton sandell, abc news, perth, australia. Meanwhile, more trouble for Malaysia Airlines this morning. Flight 66 from kuala lumpur was diverted to hong kong today because of a problem with a generator. The airbus made a normal landing and passengers were put on other flights. Russian troops tightening their grip of crimea continue to seize bases. This morning, using helicopters and armored personnel carririe s carririers. Ukraines acting foreign minister warned of rising tension and growing uncertainty. We dont know what putin has in his mind and what would be his decision. Thats why the situation is becoming even more explosive than it used to be a week ago. One ukrainian serviceman has been killed. Two others wounded since Russian Forces starting seizing control of military facilities in crimea last week. President obama will discuss further sanctions against russia at several meetings in the netherlands. The white house had araged meetings to discuss russias annexation of crimea. First Lady Michelle obama and her daughters continue their tour of china. The trip is aimed at promoting educational exchanges between the u. S. And china. Mrs. Obama also talked about freedom of speech. Oscar pistorius expected to take the stand in his own defense this week. His trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp enters its fourth week today. Prosecutors say theyll call four or five more witnesses before wrapping up their case. That means pistorius could be testifying by wednesday. Pope francis is set to start investigating the child sex abuse issue. Anytiming the first members of a special commission to advise him. After of this eight are women, including an irish activist who claims being assaulted by a priest as a child. The only american on the panel is card fall sean omalley, the archbishop of boston. Erupting here at home, the latest battle over gay marriage. The time in michigan. Hundreds of samesex couples signed marriage licenses right before an Appeals Court on saturday put on hold a federal judges ruling that tossed out the states ban on gay marriages. The marriages are in limbo until a federal Appeals Court weighs in. Also in limbo, apparently, springtime. As much of the country braces for another blast of winter weather. Another noreaster will be bearing down on the east coast. Snow should start falling across the Midatlantic States and into the northeast tomorrow. Coastal new england is expected to get the brunt of it with 50 to 60mileperhour wind gusts. Driving bliss h ard conditions. Man, oh, man. It never seems to end this winter. Time for the rest of the weather. Light snow into the Northern Plains and great lakes. Clear across the midwest and all corners of the south. Temperatures chilly from new england to d. C. But very cold in the upper midwest. 60s and 70s from the ohio valley and into the midwest. And 80s and near 90 in the desert southwest. Slowly inching up and not slowing down. Why 2014 will be the worst year for grocery prices in a long time. Sflmplt and held at bay. Crews work to contain a Massive Oil Spill closing one of the busiest shipping routes in the country. And a Navy Football player collapses on the field. His family releasing new details about his condition overnight. Welcome back. Food prices are rising and the worst may be yet to come. 2014 could see the biggest increase in food costs in more than three years. The major reasons have to do with the weather. The drought in california, the see veer wi severe winter in the midwest. The average American Family could spend 150 more on groceries this year. Gasoline rising a nickel in the last two weeks to an average of 3. 56. The cheapest gas in billings, montana. Heres a surprise. Many Airline Passengers support uniteds crackdown on carryon bags. People said passengers carry too much on to planes. A similar number say it wouldnt be as much of a problem if the airlines didnt charge so much to check a bag. The start of a new teen film franchise this weekend. Diver divergent opened over the weekend. It took if 56 million. Muppets most wanted wasnt, at only 17 million. And mr. 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The first week of traffic. First day, back up to the weekend, hope everyone got their rest. Good morning, everyone, around the bay area we are starting off with construction. This is in san jose along 880 northbound side, the offramp is shut down until 6 00 this morning. Land ahead for that. Otherwise, we are look at green conditions on the maps where it is clear. We have construction in the westbound direction, and that is blocking a lane until 5 00 this morning and it is empty leaving the maze to the tolls. San Francisco Police are looking for the gunman who opened fire and injured seven people on the street. Amy hollyfield is at San Francisco general with the latest. All ofvilles the victims are expected to survive. The gunman fired into a crowd of people. People were running in every direction. Seven people were shot. It happened at 9 00 in the tenderloin last night in San Francisco at at taylor. There was an argument going on in a car. The guy get out and starting shooting. The people were running. They the scared. I saw people falling. That is all i saw. I didnt see the shooter. The victims were brought to San Francisco general. All seven. They think they are going to be okay. At this point, no arrests have been made. Police are asking anyone who saw anything to please give the Police Department a call and give officers the details you have. Stay with abc7 news for the latest on this developing story. We will go back to amy at top of the hour and get updates on twitter abcnews. Today, sa