Good morning. It is 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and ii 00pm in southern california, which is the scene of horrific mudslides. At least 15 people are known to have died, and another 20 are still unaccounted for. Airlifts have been called in to rescue those trapped in their homes, and emergency crews are digging through waist deep mud. The bbcs james cook reports from the town of montecito. On californias pacific coast, ordeal by the elements continues. First, they endured the largest fire in the states history. Next came torrential rain, more intense than anyone here could remember. And then, within minutes, destruction, caused by an unstoppable wall of mud and debris. 14 year old Lauren Cantin survived, but even she does not know how. Firefighters using rescue dogs heard her screams, and worked for hours to pull her from the wreckage of her home. Her familys fate is unknown. Everyone here, it seems, has their own incredible story of a struggle to survive. We heard a little
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