Thread: Mudslide kills 13 in Southern California

At least thirteen people have been killed in mudslides in Southern California according to Santa Barbara County Sheriff, with numbers of fatalities expected to rise.


Homes were torn from their foundations Tuesday as downpours sent mud and boulders roaring down hills stripped of vegetation by a gigantic wildfire that raged in in the region last month.


Rescue crews used helicopters to pluck people from rooftops as debris blocked roads, and firefighters pulled a mud-caked 14-year-old girl from a collapsed Montecito home where she had been trapped for hours.


At least 25 people were injured.

At least 13 killed in Southern California mudslides