Death toll from California mudslides rises to 19
The streets of Montecito in Santa Barbara country in California resemble a battlefield, choked with mud, downed trees, snapped utility poles, crumpled cars and crushed houses.
Cal Fire puts the affected area at 30 square miles.
The hard search goes on in Montecito, California, five days after storm-spawned mudslides roared down from fire-stripped hillsides and smashed through dozens of homes, killing at least 18 people and leaving others missing. Sixty-five homes confirmed destroyed and more than 400 damaged.
And rescue teams were still slogging through the mud, hunting for the missing and assessing the damage.
"We knew we couldn't put out a WEA when we were doing the evacuation orders and warnings because it would've gone out to the entire county, would've caused great confusion", Lewin said.
In updating the missing figure, Brown said that the precise number could fluctuate significantly.
The tale that led to these tears is nothing new in Southern California.
People in Montecito had counted themselves lucky last month after the biggest wildfire in California history spared the town. The wildfire left charred hillsides without vegetation cover to hold the heavy rainfall.
Before dawn Tuesday, the worst fears were realized. Her body was found Wednesday near U.S. Route 101.
Some residents watched as crews tried to clean up the area, still in disbelief.
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Marco Farrell, 45, was staying with his parents in Montecito when the storm surge suddenly struck. "So many times over the past 15 years people have come up to me and say to me that when they're going through a tough time this show helps them through it". "Literally. Ran for my life".
With the window rapidly closing on the time needed to find any remaining mudslide victims alive, attorney Trevor Quirk and a handful of friends donned chest-high waders, grabbed shovels and chain saws and canvassed mud-saturated streets of Montecito looking for survivors.
Farrell walks around the house to reveal the devastation.
"There are four juveniles on the list", he said.
But resident Robert Riskin was not so lucky as he doggedly slogged through the knee-deep sludge and wreckage, desperately searching for his missing mother, whose home was one of those that had been carried away in the dead of night.
Pitney said many rescues were still happening Wednesday and Thursday, but most if not all were of people who were safe but just wanted to get out of the area. "And our cars. Oh, our cars".
Santa Barbara County said at least eight people are still thought to be missing following the disaster.
Equipped with drones, heavy equipment operators, engineering specialists and two canine units, the task force, one of 13 deployed to the area, was ready to spend 21 days performing search and rescue operations. First responders put on skis to help the stranded since many roads and thruways had become raging rivers.
"We're really hoping once the dust settles, there will be new life here". "Your prayers and best wishes are most appreciated".
She said as her house was positioned on a knoll, she felt secure and that despite being informed she wouldn't have water or gas, she feels grateful. Riskin is survived by her husband and their two children, her namesake firm said.
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