--- description: The Washington State mudslide has claimed 39 victims, according to the most recent count by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office. title: Washington State Mudslide Victim Count Rises to 39 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d2fc8c7106df942/69868af113c79f188f191a3c/482999897.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 State Mudslide Death Toll Rises to 39 by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2014 6:22 PM CUT  People hold candles during a vigil for mudslide victims at the Darrington Community Center on April 5, 2014 in Darrington, Wa. People hold candles during a vigil for mudslide victims at the Darrington Community Center on April 5, 2014 in Darrington, Wa.David Ryder—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2014 6:22 PM CUT The Washington State mudslide has claimed 39 [victims](http://time.com/34718/8-dead-in-washington-state-mudslide/ "undefined"), according to the most recent count by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office. Agency officials have positively identified 36 of the 39 people killed in the March 22 slide, the Seattle _Times_ reports. Seven people remain missing after the devastating mudslide struck the small riverside neighborhood of Oso in Snohomish County on March 22. \[[Seattle _Times_](http://time.com/34718/8-dead-in-washington-state-mudslide/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/65422/washington-mudslide-dead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/65422/washington-mudslide-dead/"},"headline":"Washington State Mudslide Death Toll Rises to 39","datePublished":"2014-04-16T18:22:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:20:28.565Z","description":"The Washington State mudslide has claimed 39 victims, according to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office. Seven people remain missing","url":"https://time.com/65422/washington-mudslide-dead/","keywords":["nature","Accident","natural disaster"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d2fc8c7106df942/69868af113c79f188f191a3c/482999897.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d2fc8c7106df942/69868af113c79f188f191a3c/482999897.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Washington State Communities Continue To Deal With Aftermath Of Massive Mudslide","caption":"Washington State Communities Continue To Deal With Aftermath Of Massive Mudslide","creditText":"David Ryder—Getty Images","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/65422/washington-mudslide-dead/","name":"Washington State Mudslide Death Toll Rises to 39"}}]}] ```