Rise in these overnight hours. There are hundreds of people waiting to be rescued. Many of the roads andburied in. One of the most powerful pictures weve seen, this teenage girl freed from the mud. The community hit hardest, monteci montecito, the upscale enclave, with vegetation burned away, the mud pouring through town, even across highway 101. Cheryl hurd is with us with the latest. Reporter the mudslides happened in a region where a few weeks ago, rain was needed to try to put out the worst wildfire in california history. Teams of engineers knew that rain could cause mudslides in the burnedout area. But no one could predict this type of devastation. Tonight, bulldozers are scraping away mud in the streets of Santa Barbara county. Trees uprooted, a landslide pushing homes off their foundation. Survivors in disbelief. I looked outside. There was an orange sky. I went out and saw an explosive fire. Started videoing it. Reporter by helicopter, rescue teams are doing everything they can
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
Tonight. Reporter kent, this Energy Company describes this man ken, this company describes this man as an axwielding intruder. Ic at and t phone lines, shutting off service to neighborhoods. It raised the alarm on the potential for terrorism and prompted tighter security the plant. Breaking news tonight, a federal judge in San Francisco blocked president two gunshots to the chest. Well be on the southwest side. The shooting happened around 5 00 p. M. At Metcalf Energy Center on blanchard road. Its powered by natural gas. Tonight the company confirmed the event with an intruder and Law Enforcement. It also said the plan operates around the block, and all of its employees are safe. In april 2013, nearby pg es metcalf substation came under attack. Snipers fired more than 100 rounds into transformers and cut fiberoptic phone lines, shutting off service to neighborhoods. It raised the alarm for a potential of terrorism, prompting tighter security at the plant. Pg e tonight tweeted that it i
Heavy rains triggered mud flows. Especially areas ravaged by the wildfire a few weeks ago. In Santa Barbara county homes that were destroyed trapped people in at least eight were killed and 25 injured. Anita vocal is live anita vocal is live. Reporter that is right. Lets go over the death toll. At least eight people are confirmed dead and 25 others injured. That was after massive storms and flooding bringing so much rain to the area, at least nine inches. Take a look behind me. Im standing on the 101 freeway and it is filled with water, mud and debris enclosed in parts from ventura to Santa Barbara. The hardest hit area, where you are looking right now. The community of montecito. And enclave of multimillion dollar homes, homes to many celebrities including oprah winfrey. The mounds above are hardhit accomplice of years ago. With vegetation and brush burned away by flames there was not much left to absorb the water and mud which came cascading down the hillside overnight. Dozens of hom
Tells firefighters i thought i was dead for a minute there. The mudslides also ruptured a gas line in montecito, triggering a fire. This is video shot about a mile away from that scene. Officials say that gas line rupture was caused by flooding and storm debris. Firefighters rescued several in that area. And here a look at the devastation from above. This is the area of sunland and montecito in Santa Barbara county. The mudslides there barrelled threw streets sweeping homes off foundations, swallowing cars and blocking roadways. Two people who were rescued later spoke to reporters about a heart breaking discovery earlier in the day as cherp they were checking on neighbors home. We heard a little baby. And we dug down and found a little baby. We got it out, got the mud out of its mouth, hoping its okay. We took it right to the hospital. Hard to hear. A team from Silicon Valley is headed to scene barbara to help. The launched a crew to be on stand by. This is video from when they went to