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UNACCOUNTED FOR HAS RISEN
SIGNIFICANTLY.
IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW MANY
PEOPLE COULD STILL BE TRAPPED IN
THIS SQUARE MILE OF MUD AND
DEBRIS.
AS EACH DAY PASSES SINCE THIS
CLIFF GAVE WAY THE UNCERTAINTY
OF NOT KNOWING IS THE WORST PART
FOR PEOPLE LIKE CAROLINE NEIL.
>> MY DAD IS A QUICK THINKER.
>> Reporter: HER 52-YEAR-OLD
FATHER WHO WORK AS A PLUMBER WAS
ON A SERVICE CALL IN THE AREA
WHEN THE MALL OF MUD SLAMMED
THROUGH IN SECONDS.
>> WE HAVE TO THINK HE IS
SOMEWHERE AND IS SAFE AND THEY
JUST CAN'T REACH HIM RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE NUMBER OF
MISSING HAS SHOT UP DRAMATICALLY
AS OFFICIALS TRY TO COMPILE
REPORTS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA OR
PERSONAL WEBSITES THE FAMILIES
MAY HAVE SET UP IN SEARCH OF
LOVED ONES.
INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO
108 REPORTS OF PEOPLE
UNACCOUNTED FOR.
>> IT IS A CONSOLIDATED LIST.
IN SOME CASES THE LIST IS VERY
DETAILED.
IT IS JOHN WHO HAS BROWN HAIR,
BLUE EYES AND LIVE IN THIS
PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND A LOT OF CASES IT IS A NAME
LIKE FRANK.
I MET HIM ONCE.
I THINK HE LIVED OVER THERE.
>> Reporter: A LITTLE MORE THAN
48 HOURS SINCE THE MASSIVE
MUDSLIDE, THE RESCUE EFFORT
INTENSIFIED MONDAY WITH CREWS
PROBING THE GROUND WITH
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO SEARCH
FOR SURVIVORS.
BY MID DAY THEY HAD TO SCALE THE
OPERATION BACK BECAUSE THE
GROUND WAS STILL UNSTABLE.
SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT FOUND
SURVIVORS.
>> WE ARE STILL IN A RESCUE
MODE.
I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT
THE SITUATION IS VERY GRIM.
WE HAVEN'T -- WE ARE STILL
HOLDING OUT HOPE THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND PEOPLE
THAT MAY BE ALIVE.
WE HAVE NOT FOUND ANYBODY ALIVE
ON THIS PILE SINCE SATURDAY.
>> Reporter: AS IT HAPPENED ON A
SATURDAY OFFICIALS BELIEVE MORE
PEOPLE WERE AT HOME INSTEAD OF
BEING AWAY AT WORK.
WE LEARNED TODAY THEY ARE
SEARCHING AN AREA OF MORE THAN
100 PROPERTIES THAT WERE IN THE
SLIDE ZONE.
49 OF THE LOTS HAD SOME SORT OF
STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY LIKE
HOMES, VACATION RENTALS OR RVs.