At least 24 people are now believed to have died after a huge mudslide in the US state of Washington on Saturday.

More than 150 others are still missing.

Rescuers are continuing to comb though muck and rubble which swallowed dozens of homes after a rain soaked hillside collapsed.

Fire chief Travis Hots says it's been very challenging day:

Jerry Farnes and his son survived the disaster in the village of Oso, they are still looking for relatives:

Two more bodies have been recovered and another eight corpses found in the debris after a landslide in Washington state.

Mr Hots said some 50 more searchers had been brought in to sift through the disaster zone in hopes of a miracle.

"This makes up over 200 responders that are here on site working very hard to locate victims and hopefully find somebody that is still alive. That is still our number-one priority out there," he said.

Around 30 homes were destroyed and dozens more damaged as much of the riverside village was swept away. Eight people were injured.

Yesterday a boy (4) was pulled from the rubble.

Jacob Spiller (4) was rescued & reunited with his mother

"We hope for the best, but we recognise this is a tough situation," he said.

The disaster already ranks as one of the deadliest landslides in recent US history.

In 2005, 10 people died when a hillside gave way and engulfed homes in La Conchita, California.