And going out walking. And billy the whizz. The teenage racing driver is back behind the wheel nine months after losing both legs in an horriffic crash. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Three days after arsenal were dumped out of the fa cup they face chelsea in the league cup later. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. At least 13 people have been killed in Southern California after mudslides and flash floods. The death toll is expected to rise. Witnesses say boulders the size of small cars rolled down the hillside after the first rain for several months in the Santa Barbara county. More than 30 miles of the main coastal road have been closed and rescuers are trying to reach a group of 300 people thought to be trapped in one neighbourhood, east of Santa Barbara, james cook reports from los angeles. The rains came suddenly, just before dawn. Torrential and terrifying. They coursed over the slick scorched earth, gathering speed until mud was roaring down to the sea l
On a cornish beach. Rescuers struggle to cope with the number of seal coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Arsene wenger must watch from the stands again as arsenal play chelsea in the efl cup semifinal first leg at stamford bridge. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. At least 15 people have been killed by mudslides and flash floods in southern california. Rescue workers are now mounting a desperate search for survivors, fearing that hundreds of people might still be trapped. Many of those affected now are the very same people who last month fled from wild fires. The extreme weather has hit carpinteria, Santa Barbara and montecito, from where our correspondent, james cook, reports. Coast, ordeal by the elements continues. First, they enjoyed the largest buyerin first, they enjoyed the largest buyer in the states history. Next came torrential rain, more intense than anyone here could remember. Then, within minutes, destruction, caused by an unstoppable wall of mud and debris
And, the latest production secrets from the director who brought us wallace and grommit. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. The var experiment continues. Chelsea and arsenals efl cup semifinal is the second club match in england to use the new system. Good evening. Manufacturing output in the uk is growing at its fastest rate for a decade after recording a seventh consecutive month of growth in november. Performance has been boosted by the weak pound and by the revived state of the Global Economy. But in the same period construction output fell by the biggest margin for the past five years reflecting the subdued nature of the domestic economy, as our economics editor kamal ahmed explains. The sound of better economic news, and the manufacturers which are making the goods a faster growing world is demanding. The weakness in the value of the pound makes everything britain sells abroad more competitive, and firms that export are taking advantage. So this machine actually is a high en
In the california mudslide. At least 20 others are missing and dozens of homes have been destroyed. This is the town of montecito. Rivers of mud flowed down the street. Now, this area was also hit by wildfires last month its thought the scorched earth those fires created prevented the rain from being absorbed into the ground. As you can see in this photo, it wasntjust mud and trees that was washed away so were huge rocks. And all of this has blocked roads and railways. This is Santa Barbaras county sheriff. The only words i can really think of to describe it, was it looked like a world war i battlefield. It was literally a carpet of mud and debris. As always with natural disasters, there have been stories of terrible loss and of survival. Trees are just coming down. We trees arejust coming down. We ran into the house, and right then the boulders blustered through our house. We got upstairs and we got to about eight feet, nine feet up the stairs and we crawled out a window to the roof.
At least 15 people have been killed by mudslides and flash floods in southern california. Rescue workers are now mounting a desperate search for survivors, fearing that dozens of people might still be trapped. Many of those affected now are the very same people who last month fled from wildfires. The extreme weather has hit carpinteria, Santa Barbara and montecito, from where our correspondent james cook reports. On californias pacific coast, ordeal by the elements continues. First, they endured the largest fire in the states history. Next came torrential rain, more intense than anyone here could remember. And then, within minutes, destruction, caused by an unstoppable wall of mud and debris. 14 year old Lauren Cantin survived, but even she does not know how. Firefighters using rescue dogs heard her screams, and worked for hours to pull her from the wreckage of her home. Her familys fate is unknown. Everyone here, it seems, has their own incredible story of a struggle to survive. Well,