Ninety people still missing after Washington state mudslide

Kennedy Solberg (C) and David Bindara pray at the Oso Community Chapel in Oso, Washington during a prayer meeting for victims of a mudslide March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

ARLINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - The number of people missing after a landslide sent a wall of mud crashing into dozens of rural Washington state homes dropped to 90 on Wednesday, as officials reported finding more bodies but acknowledged some victims' remains may never be recovered.

Four days after a rain-soaked hillside collapsed near the tiny town of Oso, cascading over a river and a road and into homes, a fire official said the death toll had risen to 25 people, including nine whose bodies remained in the debris.