Montecito Family Outwits Mud By Seconds: 'My Children Would've Been Dead'
A family of five, including a newborn waited for more than six hours trapped on a roof, then angels in a helicopter arrived.
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A family of five, including a newborn waited for more than six hours trapped on a roof, then angels in a helicopter arrived.
If the devastating mudslides in the Santa Barbara area are keeping you from traveling, a new ferry service is hoping to make your journey possible.
The victims include four children, ages 3 to 12.
The couple of more than five decades did not leave their home because they were under a voluntary evacuation order and not a mandatory order, their daughter said.
Hundreds of searchers continued the grueling work Thursday of hunting for survivors and digging up bodies in the sea of mud and wreckage left by flash flooding in this wealthy coastal enclave.
According to posts on social media, friends of the family say a mudslide wiped out the family's home in Montecito on Tuesday at 3 a.m.
rescue crews searched for two dozen people missing after mudslides in Southern California destroyed an estimated 100 houses, swept away cars and left at least 15 victims dead.
A woman had to be airlifted from the home by rescuers on Tuesday, officials said.
The freeway is closed between State Route 150 in Carpinteria north to Santa Barbara.
New cell phone video captured the terrifying moments before a flash flood came down a Montecito street as a man was trying to hustle his parents away from danger.
The mudslides came as heavy rains hit the fire-scarred hills above the city, leaving at least 13 people dead.
At least four homes were ripped from their foundations and swept away in the mudslides that also shut down Highway 101.
Mud and debris are currently covering much of the 101 freeway in Montecito, while extreme devastation and damage has been done to a number of homes in the area.
A flash flood watch will remain in effect until 10 p.m. Tuesday across much of the Southland.
Swollen creeks and rain-saturated hillsides caused flooding and mud flows onto Highway 101, causing a freeway closure stretching 30 miles between Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
The fifth largest fire in California history has destroyed nearly 800 structures and still threatens 18,000 homes.
Air tankers, helicopters and more than 130 firefighters are working to beat back the flames before they move downhill toward homes below Montecito Peak.
California Highway Patrol officers say the driver managed to pull over near Avenue 43 in Montecito just before 11 p.m.
It's a tough lesson for one of Southern California's wealthiest communities.
The singer and TV personality reportedly married retired NFL player Eric Johnson Saturday at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito.
Fire officials say they have fully contained a blaze that broke out in the hills above the tony community of Montecito, near Santa Barbara.
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