Roadway conditions are going to change, and when those conditions change, your driving habits did you change as well. Reporter the storms come on the end of wildfires which destroyed 1. 3 million acres across the state and leaving some burn areas vulnerable. Fire, flood, whats next . Pestilence . Reporter forecasters say there may be some relief on the horizon with the weather expected to dry up by mid week. People who live down south and First Responders are helping tell the story through social media. The bank Police Posted this video showing fastmoving water sweeping cars away. This picture covered First Responders covered in mud as they looked through debris looking for people. Another post from Santa Barbara shows firefighters using a search dog to look for victims where several homes once stood in montecito. Los angeles Police Posted this image saying that officers are responding to help evacuations and within seconds their vehicles were consumed the mud. It is still raining, but
Caused by rains. Its caused 13 deaths and theyre looking for 24 people still missing. This is montecito in Santa Barbara county where the thomas fire burned last month. Its a neighborhood swamped in mud with a flow so powerful it ripped apart some homes. It inundated highway 101, completely shutting it down. Mud and floodwaters buried roads in Los Angeles County as well. The mudslide comes out of nowhere. Out of the bushes here. Pushes me over three to four feet. Many were taken by surprise at the ferocity. In areas near l. A. And burbank. Across the storm battered area at least 50 people have been rescued by air and dozens more on the ground. Emergency responders called this the worst Case Scenario following last months wildfires. We have Team Coverage of the effects of the weather in Southern California and in the bay area. Drew tuma is adding up how much rain weve received. But first a check in with Spencer Christian who is tracking the system across the state. Spencer . It was a st
Have joined the rescue efforts as the search for the missing people continues. The devastation is enormous, homes were ripped from their foundations and vehicles were damaged. The death toll has reached 13 but it could go higher with at least two dozen people unaccounted for. The hardest hit area is montecito. And expensive immunity outside of Santa Barbara. Highway 101 is closed in the area because of the mudslides. They released these images of firefighters rescuing a 4 yearold girl 14yearold girl, she had been trapped for hours after a river of mud and debris ripped her familys house apart. We have been monitoring development, we are joined from the newsroom with the latest. Reporter the debris has blocked roads so crews are working to access homes in hard toreach areas. Authorities say they issued mandatory evacuations, 1015 of people in the evacuation areas followed orders and left on time. These are all homes. Reporter rescue efforts continued as they search in the dark and try t
With remarks like this, they are unfortunate but they are driving. Speaking out of San Francisco. This is a 59yearold man saying these things. If you are ever to be ma fur, you should be mature at 59. Mike pence was asked about the latest scandal. He didnt respond to those questions. And in further fallout, House Speaker paul rain also denounce his comments. He key announced Vp Mike Pence will be appearing with him at a wisconsin event instead of trump. The Trump Campaign said he will be doing debate prep instead. Abc7 news. Several prominent republicans say theres no way they will support or vote for trump. Senator mark kirk of illinois called him a malignant crown, unprepared and ungirt to be prepared. They say his comments were deeply offensive and trumps opponent tweeted, quote, women have the power to stop trump. Abc7 political analyst and Political Correspondent believes that trumps comments could impact the vote, especially among women. Its the women and the conservative evangel
The carols overnight. Significant flooding will continue this weekend. Its claimed at least six lives. Forecasters are warning of 15 inches of rainfall in isolated areas. Right now more than 1348 people are without power in florida. It could take more than a week to get the power restored. We will have a live report from florida coming up in about 15 minutes. We also have an up to the minute hurricane blog on our abc news app. You can download that app for free and enable push alerts for the latest on Hurricane Matthew. With just weeks before the election, donald trump is apologizing after a leaked tape showing him making lewd comments about women. Every republican has denounced the comments and some have pulled their endorsement for trump. Sergio quintana has more. Reporter the comments were recorded offcamera just before a segment that was about to be shot for access hollywood. I did try [bleep]. She was married. Thenreality star donald trump was talking with tv host billy bush. Acco