Flood, mudslide threat prompts evacuations in California's Santa Barbara County
Reuters
Published Jan 09, 2023 05:24PM ET
Updated Jan 10, 2023 01:21AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fire officials issued immediate evacuation orders on Monday for the entire community of Montecito, California, and portions of Santa Barbara and other adjacent towns due to heightened flood and mudslide hazards from a recent string of heavy rainstorms.
The evacuation alert, posted by the Montecito Fire Department on Twitter, came five years after mudslides struck wildfire-scarred hillsides and canyon slopes around the affluent Southern California community, killing more than 20 people in January 2018.
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