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The Stillaguamish River is shown backed up at left in this aerial photo Monday, March 24, 2014, near Arlington, Wash., after it was blocked on Saturday by the massive mudslide shown at center, that killed at least eight people and left dozens missing, The search for survivors grew Monday raising fears that the death toll could climb far beyond the eight confirmed fatalities. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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This March 22, 2014 photo, made available by the Washington State Dept of Transportation shows a view of the damage from Saturday's mudslide in Oso, Wash. At least eight people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and about 30 homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Washington State Dept of Transportation)
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Volunteers wait in the back of a fire vehicle to be taken to the site of a deadly mudslide two days earlier to use chainsaws to help clear debris Monday, March 24, 2014. Officials said that there are currently 108 names of people who have been reported missing or are unaccounted for from the Saturday morning slide, but cautioned the figure would likely decline dramatically. Eight people are so far confirmed dead from the one-square mile slide that destroyed about 30 homes and critically injured several people. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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A sign outside a coffee shop references a deadly mudslide that happened two days earlier, Monday, March 24, 2014, in Arlington, Wash. Officials said that there are currently 108 names of people who have been reported missing or are unaccounted for from the Saturday morning slide, but cautioned the figure would likely decline dramatically. Eight people are so far confirmed dead from the one-square mile slide that destroyed about 30 homes and critically injured several people. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2011, file photo, a woman holds her sick child while he receives treatment for cholera at a Doctors Without Borders, MSF, cholera clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Top U.N. envoy Sandra Honore said this Monday March 24, 2014, that Haiti's cholera outbreak is still the worst in the world. Health officials in Haiti say the epidemic has killed more than 8,000 people. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
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Medical personnel and people use a stretcher to carry out a woman who fainted after the announcement by the Malaysian government that the missing Malaysia Airlines airliner MH370 had crashed in the Indian Ocean, from a hotel ballroom in Beijing, China Monday, March 24, 2014. It was the grim news that families of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight had dreaded for weeks, and on Monday they heard it from Malaysia’s prime minister: new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks during a press conference for the missing Malaysia Airlines, flight MH370, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 24, 2014. A new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Najib said Monday. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
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This March 22, 2014 photo, made available by the Washington State Dept of Transportation shows a view of the damage from Saturday's mudslide in Oso, Wash. At least eight people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and about 30 homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Washington State Dept of Transportation)
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FILE - This Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014 file photo shows state and federal officials dock after collecting sediment samples as coal ash surfaces on the water on the Dan River in Danville, Va. A coal ash spill from a break in a 48-inch storm water pipe at the Dan River Power Plant in Eden N.C. on Sunday released up to 82,000 tons of ash according to Duke Energy. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
