community of montecito, just south of santa barbara, an enclave of multimillion dollar homes including celebrities like oprah winfrey. the mountains above were hard hit in december by the thomas fire, vegetation and brush were burned away by flames so there wasn t much to absorb the water and the mother came cascading down the hillside. it sounded like a freight train coming down the hill. if you could hear these boulders rolling down, the whole house was shaking. i panicked, they were both asleep, there is mud in the driveway. dozens of homes were flooded with mud, firefighters had to pull people out in the middle of the night including a 14-year-old girl who was stuck for hours. others had to be rescued from their cars via helicopters and at least three homes caught fire after a gas leak and transformer explosion. authorities say only 15-20% of
community of montecito, just south of santa barbara, an enclave of multimillion dollar homes including celebrities like oprah winfrey. the mountains above were hard hit in december by the thomas fire, vegetation and brush were burned away by flames so there wasn t much to absorb the water and the mother came cascading down the hillside. it sounded like a freight train coming down the hill. if you could hear these boulders rolling down, the whole house was shaking. i panicked, they were both asleep, there is mud in the driveway. dozens of homes were flooded with mud, firefighters had to pull people out in the middle of the night including a 14-year-old girl who was stuck for hours. others had to be rescued from their cars via helicopters and at least three homes caught fire after a gas leak and transformer explosion. authorities say only 15-20% of
we where sheets of rain, waves of rain are coming and the worst still hour ahead for the people of tampa. i want to the go to brian todd on the eastern side of florida. brian, the images there, i mean, you are still getting hammered there. reporter: we really are, anderson. this has been going on for close to eight hours. people thought they might be late in the process by now, but it has been very intense for about eight hours now and it doesn t look like it s letting up any time soon. just about anything you can see whoa, i just i just have to tell you we saw a huge blue light over the distance. it looked like an explosion. we saw a similar event just down the street here and it was a transformer explosion and i just saw one very intense over to my left. so it looks like yeah. it really is. it was a large one. it was behind a building, but i
people, estimated to be 1,000 people involved, including people who were living inside of their mobile homes. they re being plucked off the roofs their mobile home by members of the police and fire and ambulance corps. desperate state of emergency across the river from where we re right now. brian: and you think about this, we have new york, new jersey. but maryland has been hit hard, pennsylvania has been hit hard. people are just waking up now with the sun coming up to see how much the damage is. gretchen: and connecticut as well. brian: and connecticut. sandy wreaking havoc across new york city, including a transformer explosion and major power outages. mar why knowly in a joins us now. at least some of the water is going back, right? we re expecting the storm surge to improve along coastal areas. we ll be seeing high tide. that situation across northern portions of new jersey, the weather service is keeping an eye on the high tide that s forecast between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.
the the chilean navy sent rescuers. nobody hurt. thailand. police say at least four people are dead and 11 more injured after a nightclub fire on an island popular with tourists. cops say a transformer explosion likely caused the fire and that the building is close to collapse. china. two construction workers say they couldn t wait for the fire department when flames trapped a 60-year-old woman in her apartment. one worker attached himself to a crane and the other hoisted him to the window where he grabbed the woman. the guy working the crane dropped them both safely on a nearby roof. argentina. hundreds of tourists from around the world gathering in this tiny town in the north for a 500-year-old tradition. a so-called bloodless bull fight. the only goal is snag a red ribbon tied to the bull s horn. no weapons allowed.