Ellen DeGeneres shares video of flooding near Montecito home
The video shows the raging creek next to her house, which she said had increased by nine feet because of the storm.
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The video shows the raging creek next to her house, which she said had increased by nine feet because of the storm.
Tens of thousands of people throughout California are out of their homes as powerful storms hit the region. Forecasters say an inch of rain fell per hour in Montecito, where the entire community is under evacuation orders. A historic $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot is up for grabs tonight -- the fifth largest prize in lottery history. And Georgia dominated TCU, 65-7, to win their second straight national championship.
The death toll from the relentless string of storms climbed from 12 to 14 on Monday, after two people were killed by falling trees, state officials said.
Built in 1906 in the Montecito Hills above Santa Barbara, Calif., El Fureidis, the Mediterranean-inspired home of real estate tycoon James Waldron Gillespie, is an oasis of tranquility and class, in a lush 10-acre property. Jane Pauley takes us inside.
Multiple accidents were reported on slick highways, including a crash on Interstate 5 that killed a volunteer member of a sheriff's search and rescue team
After the mudslides in Montecito, some residents say they take every evacuation seriously, but others refused to leave
The National Weather Service says the storm is likely to be the strongest so far this winter
An area in California devastated by deadly mudslides back in January is now anticipating more rain and mudslides
"Everyone should begin the evacuation process now," Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said in a statement
"It's horrible, it's sad, but the good thing is we're still alive," one resident told CBS Los Angeles
Traffic began moving again on U.S. 101 in Santa Barbara County shortly after noon
The Santa Barbara Sheriff's Coroner's Office has identified the decedent as 28-year-old Faviola Benitez Calderon of Montecito
The massive cleanup effort is still taking place, with debris ending up at fairgrounds and the beach
Montecito and neighboring towns, home to celebrities and sunny beaches, are reeling after the deadly mudslide
Two people on the missing list were found alive, reducing the number of those missing from seven to five
Most of the people of Montecito, ravaged by a deadly and destructive mudslide, were under orders to stay out
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The coroner's office has released the identities of 17 victims who were killed in mudslides earlier this week
The mass of mud, vehicles and debris is slowly being cleared from Montecito neighborhoods and highways
Local sheriff compares landscape to battlefield, with mud, boulders, wrecked cars, trashed buildings, tree limbs all around
At least 20 people were confirmed dead, as rescue workers from across the state search the ruins of homes in the Santa Barbara County town for survivors
"If we weren't standing within two feet of that thing we wouldn't have ever heard it," Berkeley Johnson said
"We had waist deep mud raging through my house, every inch of my house," a Montecito, California, resident said
At least 15 dead, 24 unaccounted for as mud swamps wealthy Santa Barbara County enclave and beyond