Live where you live. This is abc 7 news. Daring rescues. Saving lives in Santa Barbara county. The region hit by a devastating storm that dumped have half an inch of rain in five minutes setting off mudslides. Search and rescue crews are finding people amid the wreckage, like this family. Parents, children, including a baby, even dogs lifted safely out of their homes. Thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im dan ashley. The area of Santa Barbara county hit by the storm is only just beginning to recover from the thomas fire. Mudslides, flash flooding, and debris flows that were wastehigh. At least 50 people have been rescued using air support. Dozens more were rescued on the ground. 7,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Heres abc News Reporter danya backes. Reporter its an allout search for rescuers. We have multiple reports of people trapped. Reporter plowing through the walls of mud, standing on top of homes, using search dogs hoping to find those who are reported missing.
Evacuation orders. Heres abc News Reporter danya backes. Reporter its an allout search for rescuers. We have multiple reports of people trapped. Reporter plowing through the walls of mud, standing on top of homes, using search dogs hoping to find those who are reported missing. Our worst fear coming to life right now. Our people are out there trying to do the best work they can and perform as many rescues as they can. Reporter the rain fell hard. Officials say 2 to 4 inches fell in less than 30 minutes in some areas. Bearing down on the same parts of Southern California blackened by those devastating wildfires. The only words that describe what it looked like, a world war i battle field. Reporter with nothing to hold the soil in place, debris and mud flows wreaked havoc in the middle of the night. I woke up my wife, we did not know what to do, surrounded by mud. I ran and jumped on the bed and basically in seconds it was as high as the countertop inside the house. Reporter the mud swee
Live where you live. This is abc 7 news. Daring rescues. Saving lives in Santa Barbara county. The region hit by a devastating storm that dumped have half an inch of rain in five minutes setting off mudslides. Search and rescue crews are finding people amid the wreckage, like this family. Parents, children, including a baby, even dogs lifted safely out of their homes. Thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im dan ashley. The area of Santa Barbara county hit by the storm is only just beginning to recover from the thomas fire. Mudslides, flash flooding, and debris flows that were wastehigh. At least 50 people have been rescued using air support. Dozens more were rescued on the ground. 7,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Heres abc News Reporter danya backes. Reporter its an allout search for rescuers. We have multiple reports of people trapped. Reporter plowing through the walls of mud, standing on top of homes, using search dogs hoping to find those who are reported missing.