about here in ventura county. it is led to evacuations, there have been mandatory evacuations, there has been flooding of local businesses and when we talk to the fire department in santa barbara, just north of where we are, the santa barbara fire department said that they ve had some 200 calls, seven swift water rescues and that has led to just emergency crews unable to try to clear some of this. we are just now starting to see some of this clearing happening here. but as far as whether people begin to start driving on some of these roads really unclear at this point. a lot of the roadways here, kate, looking like this. yeah. absolutely. thank you so much for the reporting and being there. let s get to meteorologist chad myers for a bigger view of the state. because it is almost across the entire state of what they re looking at. this is already bad as they re laying out, as kyong and mike
dangerous conditions and it is all forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes. crews have rescued a countless number of people including this driver as you could see in los angeles county. just look at the water flow over his suv. a 5-year-old boy is still missing today after being swept away by floodwaters yesterday. the search was actually suspended because, as you would anticipate, the weather has gotten too severe for the first responders. let s get started. mike valero is in montecito, california, at this hour. what are you seeing there? reporter: kate, good morning. at this hour, the creeks and rivers are raging, just take a look to me left. this is the romero creek here in the middle of mont seata, but this drains out to the pacific coast highway. so if we look this way which our photographer rudy is playing ought, this drains from the mountains and then goes southward to the beach.
brackish water to drink. listen to him on this point. this technology is much older than i. it is much older than each and every one of you and the reality is we need to be more creative and we need to be more aggressive in terms of not just promoting this technology, but delivering on its promise, moreover delivering on its potential. reporter: so it is about creating new sources of water but reserving the water we get. here in august, we have a few inches of water in the l.a. river. but amara and boris, in the winter months, this channel would be raging, feet and feet of water, flooding in the winter months the goal is to capture the water and save it for years to come. back to you. mike, thank you so much. puerto rico is facing a climate emergency. officials say that beaches are eroding at an alarming rate because of destructive hurricanes, flooding and, of course, rising sea levels. cnn s leyla santiago has
my cholesterol is borderline. so i take garlique to help maintain healthy cholesterol safely and naturally. and it s odor free. i m taking charge of my cholesterol with garlique. this summer s unprecedented heat has triggered numerous wildfires and severe drought in many parts of the country. in california, for example, experts are saying the state could see a 10% loss of water over the next 20 years. now governor gavin newsom announced a multibillion dollar plan that would help preserve the state s diminishing water supply. cnn s mike valero has more. reporter: good morning to
escape the rising water. the parents tried to hold onto them, but the young kids were swept away. there was a house there and this trailer with this family of six, and it just washed them a away. cnn s mike valero joins us live from kentucky. mike, give us a sense of what you re seeing. it s dark there, still very, very early, but the devastation seems to be really serious. reporter: absolutely. good morning to you. the homes seem to have been cleared off their foundations. you can see the eight lines of the white concrete foundations. also, sara and boris, you can see this 45-degree angle in front of me and over my left shoulder, and it shows you where it was pushed by the grapevine creek in hazard, kentucky.