Desperate search for survivors in California mudslides
Authorities were bracing for disaster after historic wildfires in the fall blackened hills and stripped them of vegetation. Local rainfall amounts varied, but according to the National Weather Service, the isolated areas in the mountains and foothills of hard-hit Santa Barbara County saw as much as 4 inches of rain; the coastal areas recorded as much 3 inches as of Tuesday afternoon local time.
The torrent arrived suddenly and with a sound some likened to a freight train as water carrying rocks and trees washed away cars and trashed homes.
We started looking around and that is when we saw parts of roofs, and there was a body against our next door neighbour's auto.
"I tried not to panic them, but I panicked them", Tighe said.
As of Wednesday morning, 15 were dead and 25 injured as a result of the mudslides, with the majority of casualties in Montecito, USA Today reports.
"We then didn't decide to put the basket down in the mud just because we didn't know what was underneath the mud".
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Emergency cellphone alerts warning residents about the mudslides were not sent out by Santa Barbara County officials until after the flooding had already begun, officials noted Wednesday. Robert Riskin and a friend searched for his mother.
In an Instagram post she shared photographs of the deep mud in her backyard and video of rescue helicopters hovering over her house. In Burbank, a debris basin partially collapsed.
The rains that had impeded rescuers Tuesday had tapered off and about 500 law-enforcement officers and firefighters combed mud-strewn neighborhoods.
Handout / Reuters Emergency personnel escort people from flood waters.
DeGeneres also wrote on Twitter, "I've love being part of the Montecito community". Its residents include celebrities such as TV presenters Oprah Winfrey, whose home has suffered some damage, and Ellen DeGeneres.
Rescue crews worked to clear debris from roads across greater Los Angeles, including a key stretch of USA 101 that was brought to a standstill along the border of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
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