By Bryan Cohen SEATTLE (Reuters) - More than a month after a massive mudslide buried much of a small Washington state community, killing 41 people, authorities said on Monday they had suspended the active search for more bodies under half a square mile of dirt and debris. Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary said that with the remains of two people still presumably buried under the rubble, the so-called "active search" had been halted because deep pools of water and adverse weather had created dangerous conditions. "Mother nature is what's stopping us," Trenary said at a morning press conference. As debris removal begins near the small community of Oso, officials said passive searching will continue while workers sift through the debris field to recover personal property.
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