Thousands homeless in US mud slide

From a helicopter, Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary surveys the wreckage of homes destroyed in Saturday's mudslide. (AP Photo)

Search and rescue personnel continue working the area of Saturday's mudslide near Oso, Washington. (AP Photo)

The massive mudslide that killed at least eight people Saturday and left dozens missing is shown in this aerial photo. (AP Photo)

A search and rescue team brings out the tarp covered body of a victim of Saturday's mudslide. (AP Photo)

Houses and other structures are shown flooded by the backed up Stillaguamish River up river from the massive mudslide that killed at least eight people Saturday and left dozens missing. (AP Photo)

Snohomish County Sheriff's Dept. public information officer Shari Ireton speaks briefly to media members about a deadly mudslide that happened two days earlier. A map of the slide area is behind her. (AP Photo)