Thankfully numbers of lost in mudslide are dropping.

Mudslide Death Toll Rises to 18, Missing Falls to 30

The official number of dead in the Washington state mudslide rose to 18 on Saturday, according to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner.

But some relatively good news did come out of the press conference: The number of people missing or unaccounted for has dropped drastically from 90 to 30, officials said.

That number had previously been as high as 176, and had many worried that the death toll could be that high — although officials have repeatedly stressed that there were many duplicate names on the list.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/deadly-mudslide/mudslide-death-toll-rises-18-missing-falls-30-n67061