ARLINGTON, Washington: The number of people missing after a devastating United States (US) landslide has fallen to 90, officials said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) while defending themselves over the disaster which has claimed as many as 24 lives so far.

The confirmed death toll remained at 16 with eight more bodies believed located, as an army of rescuers struggled in grim conditions amid the vast blanket of mud, timber and debris left by last weekend’s mudslide.

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