An excavator clears a drainage channel Wednesday, April 2, at the scene of the deadly landslide that devastated Oso, Washington, on March 22. The landslide crossed the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River and caused multiple deaths and massive damage. 
This satellite image taken on Monday, March 31, shows the path of the landslide. 
Workers cut a tree next to a possible victim on Sunday, March 30. 
Search-and-rescue teams use a path of plywood to walk through a muddy field in Arlington, Washington, on March 30. 
Tryon, a rescue dog muddied from the day's work, stands with his handler March 30 near the west side of the landslide. 
Rescue workers dig through mud and debris near Darrington, Washington, on Saturday, March 29. 
Mailboxes are seen in floodwater March 29 near Darrington. 
Searchers in Oso pause for a moment of silence on Saturday, March 29. It was observed at 10:37 a.m., exactly one week after the landslide tore through the small community. 
Search-and-rescue personnel attend a moment of silence at the fire house in Darrington. 
Ralph Jones helps provide shelter for Brooke Odenius, right, Klarissa Calviste and their baby daughters during the moment of silence at the fire house in Darrington. 
Staff Sgt. Jonathon Hernas of the Air National Guard carefully makes his way across debris and mud while searching for missing people March 29 in Oso. 
Air National Guard members look out at the hill where the landslide originated while they search through debris March 29 in Oso. 
Heavy machinery is used to move debris as members of the Air National Guard search for victims on March 29. 
Search-and-rescue workers wade through water covering a highway near Darrington on Thursday, March 27. The landslide left buildings covered in up to 40 feet of mud. 
A searcher walks near a massive pile of debris in Oso on March 27. 
The muddied waters of the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River mix with the cleaner flow of the river's South Fork on March 27. 
Emergency vehicles fill State Route 530 leading to the scene of the landslide in Oso on Wednesday, March 26. 
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks on the phone with a victim's family member as he flies to the Snohomish County Emergency Operations Center in Everett on March 26. 
Search-and-rescue workers look through debris on March 26. 
Teresa Welter cries during a candlelight vigil in Arlington on Tuesday, March 25. 
The roof of a house sits among debris as emergency personnel continue to look for survivors on March 25. 
Search-and-rescue workers use dogs to look for survivors on March 25. 
A boot is found among the debris on March 25. 
A search-and-rescue worker looks for survivors on March 25. 
Chaplains watch as crews clear debris from State Route 530 in Oso on March 25. 
The remains of the massive landslide are seen on Monday, March 24. The landslide blocked the highway and the Stillaguamish River. 
A King County Sheriff's Office helicopter lowers a rescue worker on March 24. 
A search-and-rescue team carries the body of a victim on March 24. 
Volunteers help out with the search in Oso on March 24. 
Snohomish County Executive John Lovick wipes a tear during a briefing in downtown Arlington on March 24. 
Natalie Reed, right, and her 5-year-old daughter, Deja, attend a prayer service at Arlington United Church on March 24 for those affected by the landslide. 
An intact house sits at the edge of the landslide on March 24. 
The Langston family watches an online news clip about the landslide on Sunday, March 23, while they stay at a temporary Red Cross shelter in Darrington. The family's home was flooded after the landslide blocked the Stillaguamish River. 
A destroyed home is stranded atop mud and debris on State Route 530 near Oso on March 23. 
Downed power lines and parts of a destroyed house can be seen in the debris blocking the road near Oso on March 23. 
Gov. Jay Inslee, right, comforts Barbara Welsh after a news conference March 23 outside the Arlington Police Department. Welsh's husband, Bill, was among the scores of people listed as missing immediately after the disaster. 
Emergency workers arrive at the scene of the landslide on Saturday, March 22. 
Groundwater saturation, tied to heavy rainfall in the area over the past month, was blamed for the landslide. 
The landslide cut off the small town of Darrington and prompted an evacuation notice for fear of a potentially "catastrophic flood event," authorities said. 
The first Washington State Patrol trooper arrives on the scene on March 22, according to the patrol's Twitter feed. 
- 12 people still are missing, authorities say
- Landslide happened in the North Cascade Mountains on March 22
- Of 33 bodies recovered, 30 have been identified
(CNN) -- The death toll from last month's landslide in rural Washington state has risen to 33, the Snohomish County medical examiner's office said Monday.
That count is up from 30, which was the number given late last week. Twelve people are still missing, the county sheriff's office said.
Tick tock of mudslide devastation A square mile of wet earth and rock rushed into the outskirts of the town of Oso in the North Cascade Mountains on March 22.
Landslide victim #15, more than a number The slide came from a rain-saturated hillside along the north fork of the Stillaguamish River.
Bodies were found in the debris, which is 70 feet thick in some places and an average of 30 feet over the disaster zone.
Crews have been searching for people listed as missing.
Of the 33 recovered bodies, 30 have been identified. The medical examiner's office on Monday released the 30th name: Bill L. Spillers, 30, of Arlington.
CNN's Jason Hanna contributed to this report.
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