Washington state mudslide death toll climbs to 14 with up to 176 missing

Search and rescue workers set up along a flooded portion of Highway 530 down the road from a massive landslide outside Darrington, Washington March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Redmond

ARLINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - The death toll from a devastating weekend mudslide in Washington state climbed to 14 people on Monday as six more bodies were found, while the number reported missing continued to swell two days after the tragedy, authorities said.

As many as 176 people were reported missing in the massive landslide, and local emergency management officials expressed doubt anyone else would be plucked alive from the muck that engulfed dozens of homes when a rain-soaked hillside near Oso, Washington, collapsed on Saturday morning.