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California Mudslides: Death Toll at 14

Aired December 29, 2003 - 05:21   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The California mudslide recovery effort resumes this morning, but authorities are warning of more flash floods this week. The death toll has now climbed to 14, with two children still missing.
CNN's Miguel Marquez brings us up to date.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ROCKY SHAW, DEPUTY CORONER, SAN BERNARDINO CO., CALIF: The only who are still outstanding, that have not been recovered is a - eight - approximately 8-month-old male infant and one male who is approximately 12 to 13 years of age.

MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A shoe, a scrap of clothing, it's all searchers need to locate the dead.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're in a recovery mode and just looking.

MARQUEZ: The search for the living clearly over, it's now only a search for the bodies.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're sifting through the rubbage trying to find anything we can of, you know, any human remains or what have you.

MARQUEZ (on camera): Searchers are now hurriedly combing through Waterman Canyon, below the church camp where all of the victims were from, through debris piles like this, hoping for any sign of the dead. Why the rush? Rain is in the forecast.

TRACY MARTINEZ, SAN BERNARDINO CO., CALIF. FIRE DEPT.: The rains are coming. Throughout the year - or throughout the winter, I should say -- you know, January is our heaviest rain time. We're going to have more floods. People need to be prepared.

MARQUEZ (voice-over): As a search for the last of the victims continued, their relatives and friends visited the site where they were swept away and prayed.

Miguel Marquez, CNN, San Bernardino, California.

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Aired December 29, 2003 - 05:21   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The California mudslide recovery effort resumes this morning, but authorities are warning of more flash floods this week. The death toll has now climbed to 14, with two children still missing.
CNN's Miguel Marquez brings us up to date.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ROCKY SHAW, DEPUTY CORONER, SAN BERNARDINO CO., CALIF: The only who are still outstanding, that have not been recovered is a - eight - approximately 8-month-old male infant and one male who is approximately 12 to 13 years of age.

MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A shoe, a scrap of clothing, it's all searchers need to locate the dead.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're in a recovery mode and just looking.

MARQUEZ: The search for the living clearly over, it's now only a search for the bodies.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're sifting through the rubbage trying to find anything we can of, you know, any human remains or what have you.

MARQUEZ (on camera): Searchers are now hurriedly combing through Waterman Canyon, below the church camp where all of the victims were from, through debris piles like this, hoping for any sign of the dead. Why the rush? Rain is in the forecast.

TRACY MARTINEZ, SAN BERNARDINO CO., CALIF. FIRE DEPT.: The rains are coming. Throughout the year - or throughout the winter, I should say -- you know, January is our heaviest rain time. We're going to have more floods. People need to be prepared.

MARQUEZ (voice-over): As a search for the last of the victims continued, their relatives and friends visited the site where they were swept away and prayed.

Miguel Marquez, CNN, San Bernardino, California.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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