Found me all the way in hawaii. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. The Southern California wildfires have led to a new natural disaster. They destroyed the trees and shrubs that form a natural barrier against mudslides. Rapidly moving rivers of mud are now blamed for at least eight deaths in Santa Barbara county as they swept homes off their foundations. 20,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and carter evans is on the scene tonight. Reporter as crews continue to dig out here, the search for victims is still under way, and it will likely continue into the night. Not everyone has been accounted for yet, but dozens were saved. One by one firefighters rescued victims from the muck and debris. They carried out this teenage girl on a stretcher. She had been trapped in her flooded home for hours. Survivors were driven to higher ground. Is the worst ive ever seen it. We thought the fire was terrible. This is absolute devastation. Reporter in december the thom
I dont know how coach even found me all the way in hawaii. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Ground. Is the worst ive ever seen it. We thought the fire was terrible. This is absolute devastation. Reporter in december the thomas fire burned more than a quarter milon acres here. When the rains began, those barren hillside exacerbated the problem. Homes and streets in the exclusive Montecito Community were buried under feet of mud and debris. Oh, my god, it is 100 covered in mud. Reporter it made for a nation mare morning commute across Southern California as cars and trucks on several major roads got stuck in the mud. This is the normally busy 101 freeway. At one point today up to 30 miles of it were shut down. Some of the roadway was covered in debris and mud up to three feet deep. Im driving down the road 60mph, and the mudslide comes out of nowhere, out of the bushes here, and it comes out three, four seconds and hits my car, pushes me over, three to four feet, almost again
And a teacher is arrested after questioning the School Boards pay policy at a school board meeting. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning folks in Southern California are trying to dig out after mudslides killed at least 13 people. Helicopters rescued more than 50 people from rooftops like this family in Santa Barbara saved by the coast guard. An unknown number of residents are still unaccounted for. Dozens of homes were swept away or damaged by the fast moving flood or water that uprooted large rocks and entire trees. Thousands were ordered to evacuate in Santa Barbara, ventura, and los angeles counties. Tom wait has our report from ventura, california. Continue to pick through mud survivors. As night fell, an unknown number of residents remained unaccounted for following mondays mudslides. So loud, it was just a constant roar. Reporter there have already been soninlaw dramatic rescues
Protects young immigrants. That is it. You pushed me to the floor. And a teacher is arrested after questioning the School Boards pay policy at a school board meeting. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning folks in souther people from rooftops like this family in Santa Barbara saved by the coast guard. An unknown number of residents are still unaccounted for. Dozens of homes were swept away or damaged by the fast moving flood or water that uprooted large rocks and entire trees. Thousands were ordered to evacuate in Santa Barbara, ventura, and los angeles counties. Tom wait has our report from ventura, california. Reporter rescue workers continue to pick through mud and debris as they look through survivors. As night fell, an unknown number of residents remained unaccounted for following mondays mudslides. So loud, it was just a constant roar. Reporter there have already been soninlaw dram
This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor and this is our western edition. Good evening. The Southern California wildfires have led to a new natural disaster. They destroyed the trees and shrubs that form a natural barrier against mudslides. Rapidly moving rivers of mud are now blamed for at least eight deaths in Santa Barbara county as they swept homes off their foundations. More than 20,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and carter evans is on the scene tonight. From the mud here the rescue effort is still underway. Authorities say at least 300 people are still trapped, some 50 were plucked from the mud by helicopter. One by one, firefighters rescued victims from the muck and debris. They carried out a girl on a stretcher, she and others had been trapped in the mud for several hours. Survivors were driven to higher ground. This is the worse i have ever seen. We thought the fire was terrible than is absolute desolation. The thomas fire burned more reporter in december, t