Over 175 people are missing and 14 known dead in a massive mudslide in Washington State<br /><br />The landslide inundated the small community of Oso located roughly 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Sunday.<br /><br />The hill gave way after days of record-setting rains in which double the amount of annual precipitation fell in a span of just over a month.<br /><br />The reported death toll jumped to 14 as more bodies have been recovered from the muck. <br /><br />Rescue workers from as far as Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Canada are working the scene.<br /><br />President Barack Obama, signed an emergency declaration ordering U.S. government assistance to supplement state and local relief efforts, the White House said.<br /><br />More than 100 properties were hit by over one square mile of cascading mud, 49 of which had living quarters on them.
