Washington mudslide deaths now at 33

The death toll from the landslide that hit the Washington town of Oso on March 22 rose to 33 on Monday, according to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office, which said all but three victims have been identified.

The latest person added to the list of fatalities is Billy L. Spillers, 30, of Arlington. Like the others, he died of multiple blunt force injuries in the slide that crushed the residential area along the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, about 55 miles northeast of Seattle.

His name had been on the list of missing people.

The number of missing dropped to 10 on Monday, said Kelly Stowe, a spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner's Office. It does not necessarily match the number of dead, she said . The missing list remains fluid, with names being added and removed, she said.

Spillers was a Navy chief petty officer who lived with his wife, Jonielle, and their four children. She was at her nursing job when the landslide hit their house. His 4-year-old son survived and was rescued by a helicopter. Spillers' daughter Kaylee, 5, and stepson Jovon Mangual, 13, have been identified among the dead. Daughter Brooke, 2, is listed among the missing.

Meanwhile, a 58-year-old male patient was discharged Saturday from Harborview Medical Center, where many of the wounded were treated, in what the hospital said was satisfactory condition. He was transferred to another facility for inpatient rehabilitation. Three other victims are receiving care in the center, including two people in intensive care whose conditions are serious and improving, according to a statement.

As the search continues in the debris for bodies, the Army Corps of Engineers is working on a berm — a rock and gravel barrier — to prevent the Stillaguamish River from flooding parts of the debris field and State Route 530. Engineers hope to finish the berm in a week.

A forecast of warmer and mostly drier spring weather this week should help. But rain on Tuesday should cause the river to rise about a foot in a pool formed by the mudslide, the National Weather Service said.

Al Jazeera and The Associated Press