As Rain Begins, Residents In Burn Areas Are Ready To Get Out
Residents in recent burn and mudslide-devastated areas were told Monday to get ready to evacuate again as the first of two winter storms bears down on Southern California.
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Residents in recent burn and mudslide-devastated areas were told Monday to get ready to evacuate again as the first of two winter storms bears down on Southern California.
The warning was issued by Santa Barbara County officials and comes just weeks after mudslides devastated the area, killing 21 people and destroying more than 100 homes.
Exhausted, muddy and wet,Maeve Juarez and her crew worked tirelessly through the night searching houses for victims.
Many of the residents who have been permitted to return to their neighborhoods are finding the condition of their homes to be unlivable.
Celebrities are making sure to thank the crews helping dig Montecito out from a deadly mudslide.
With Highway 101 back open in Montecito, an influx of drivers who had been getting around the closure using buses, boats and trains are expected to get back on the Ventura (101) Freeway.
The highway has been closed since a Jan. 9 mudslide that killed at least 21 people and destroyed hundreds of homes in Montecito.
The Sheriff's Coroner's Office has identified the decedent as 28-year-old Faviola Benitez Calderon.
The National Weather Service predicted Thursday that Montecito could get only a tenth of an inch or less of rain.
A fast-moving, cold and gusty storm system heading toward Southern California is not expected to bring much rain to the flood-ravaged Santa Barbara County community of Montecito.
The group tirelessly searched the mud and debris for a week. CBS2's Jo Kwon met some of the members of the team.
The Assistance Center provides a number of services and resources to those impacted by the recent disasters.
Woody and Lindsey Thompson, who say they barely managed to make it out of their home, lost Koska when the mudslide hit.
Two utilities were sued Tuesday for the widespread destruction from last week's deadly mudslides that were caused when hillsides ravaged by California's largest-ever wildfire let loose in heavy rain.
Crews working around the clock cleared boulders, trees and crushed cars from all lanes of U.S. 101, but California officials said Monday the key coastal highway would remain closed for another week after being inundated during mudslides that killed 20 people.
The 101 Freeway in Santa Barbara County will remain closed for at least another week.
A candlelight vigil for the Montecito mudslide victims was held at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden on Sunday evening.
The army of searchers and recovery workers in Montecito swelled to more than 2,000 five days after a powerful storm swept in from the Pacific.
Seven people are missing. Gas and power were expected to be shut off Saturday. The 101 Freeway is still closed.
"And I realize," Sandy Toye says, "I'm no longer in control of the car. I'm no longer on the road. My car was in what I thought was the creek."
How the infant didn't get impaled or suffocated in the mud is just an "absolute miracle."
Montecito resident and landslide lawyer accuses Santa Barbara County of not consulting a geologist.
The devastating mud slide that suddenly struck Montecito has left the coastal community in mourning.
The mandatory evacuation zone in Montecito has expanded three days after the devastating mud slide that killed at least 17 people.
The image of Desionne Franklin's Prius being pushed a tide of rainwater made headlines this week.
