--- description: The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office is working to identify the remaining victims of a deadly mudslide that killed dozens in March title: Washington Mudslide Death Toll Now 41 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt475107290c912fff/69868b9b36176023e790b963/mudslide-washington-oso.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [nature](/tag/nature/) ## nature Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Washington Mudslide Death Toll Rises to 41  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2014 3:58 PM CUT  A flag rests at half staff on a cedar pole, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, with the face of the massive deadly mudslide that hit the community of Oso, Wash. on March 22, 2014 behind it. A flag rests at half staff on a cedar pole, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, with the face of the massive deadly mudslide that hit the community of Oso, Wash. on March 22, 2014 behind it.Ted S. Warren—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2014 3:58 PM CUT The death toll from a March mudslide in Washington state has risen to 41, officials [said](http://snohomishcountywa.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3613 "undefined") Monday. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified and released the names of 39 victims so far, and it’s working on identifying the remaining bodies. “We are working closely with the families of the remaining missing and extend our most heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends during this difficult time,” the office said in a statement on its website. The mudslide destroyed more than [two dozen homes](http://time.com/46264/washington-mudslide-death-toll-2/ "undefined") when it occurred on the outskirts of Oso, a small town about 50 miles northeast of Seattle, on March 22. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/70331/washington-mudslide-death-toll-3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/70331/washington-mudslide-death-toll-3/"},"headline":"Washington Mudslide Death Toll Rises to 41","datePublished":"2014-04-21T15:58:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:24:47.300Z","description":"The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office is working to identify the remaining victims of a catastrophic mudslide on March 22 that occurred on the outskirts of Oso, a small town about 50 miles northeast of Seattle","url":"https://time.com/70331/washington-mudslide-death-toll-3/","keywords":["nature","Seattle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt475107290c912fff/69868b9b36176023e790b963/mudslide-washington-oso.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt475107290c912fff/69868b9b36176023e790b963/mudslide-washington-oso.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A flag rests at half staff on a cedar pole, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, with the face of the massive deadly mudslide that hit the community of Oso, Wash. on March 22, 2014 behind it.","caption":"A flag rests at half staff on a cedar pole, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, with the face of the massive deadly mudslide that hit the community of Oso, Wash. on March 22, 2014 behind it.","creditText":"Ted S. Warren—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nature/","name":"nature"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/70331/washington-mudslide-death-toll-3/","name":"Washington Mudslide Death Toll Rises to 41"}}]}] ```