Search Continues for Missing After Mudslides in California

Mud fills the interior of a car destroyed in a rain-driven mudslide in a neighborhood under mandatory evacuation in Burbank

Mud fills the interior of a car destroyed in a rain-driven mudslide in a neighborhood under mandatory evacuation in Burbank

Secondary searches of damaged structures were under way.

"Authorities had been bracing for the possibility of catastrophic flooding because of heavy rain in the forecast for the first time in 10 months". A huge police presence keeps out both residents and looters.

Santa Barbara County said emergency permits don't require testing of the material for hazards but that public health authorities were testing the ocean waters. At 440 square miles, it became the largest wildfire in California records.

A further eight commercial buildings were destroyed while 20 others were damaged.

Evacuee Hannah Troy has spent three days at the Red Cross shelter in nearby Santa Barbara.

Josie Gower was a mother of two, a grandmother and a retired nurse, her family said.

Jennifer Ramos says Marilyn Ramos called home daily to her family in her native town of Marquelia near Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast.

"Auto and pedestrian traffic in the exclusionary zone has reached a point that it is seriously impacting the ability of search and rescue, public works, other first responders and fix crews to clear roadways and to engage in search and rescue, fix and damage-assessment operations", he said.

That said, it appears that Bella just didn't realize why the freeway was shut down, as she followed up by deleting the initial tweet and writing, "F*ck just caught up on some news had no idea why the 101 was shut down.get home to your family safe". "It's as devastating as can be", she added.

"We've gotten multiple reports of rescuers falling through manholes that were covered with mud, swimming pools that were covered up with mud", said Anthony Buzzerio, a Los Angeles County fire battalion chief. They're finding people and bodies. "You have to start accepting the reality of that".

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It also included James Mitchell, who had celebrated his 89th birthday the day before with his wife, Alice, of more than 50 years.

David Cantin, 49. The father of Lauren Cantin, the 14-year-old girl whose rescue was one of Tuesday's most dramatic stories. None of the adult dead shared their last names. Bleckel was among those on the missing persons list, according to Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown.

There are now five active missing persons cases, Brown said, though that number has continued to fluctuate throughout the week.

Aerial footage over Montecito showed a contrast of widespread damage next to homes completely untouched by the disaster.

In one of the worst-hit areas of Montecito, mud blew through doors and windows, filling the interiors of houses with sludge and debris.

Firefighters and other emergency officials have been walking the affected neighborhoods, searching for survivors who may be trapped in mud-filled homes. Their home of more than 30 years was untouched by the torrents of mud and water.

Tighe says there was no mandatory evacuation for her community. While they count Oprah and Ellen as neighbors, they lamented the losses suffered by those who can ill afford it.

A semi-tractor trailer sits stuck in mud on U.S. Highway 101, in Montecito.

"I saw the place", Weimer said. "What would we have done with the animals?" They were made to evacuate over fears of mudslides.

"It's not just a wealthy community", DeGeneres said. Santa Barbara has the closest trauma center to the scene of the disaster ... and a lot of nurses that work there just simply couldn't get to work.

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