The area on the northeast side of the slide is covered by water that stands 5 to 10 feet deep, and “we haven’t been able to see what’s under the water there,” said Owen Carter, Snohomish County deputy public-works director and engineer, during a news conference Sunday evening.
Thirteen people are still missing after the March 22 slide. Of the 30 bodies recovered so far, 29 have been identified.
On Sunday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson toured the site and pledged continued federal support.
“It is clear there is more work to do,” he said in a news conference at Paine Field in Everett. “I am here to tell the community and the state that the federal government is with you.”
Accompanied by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, Johnson met with several first responders and emergency personnel, including some who were the first to arrive on the scene.
