The number of those believed missing following the deadly mudslide in Washington state has dropped to 30 after many people were found safe.

Weary rescuers have battled rain and exhaustion in the search for more bodies - and perhaps a miracle – among the pile of filth and debris that laid waste to a Washington town and killed at least 25 people.

Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the most contaminated US nuclear site are leaking.