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As skies clear, rescue efforts continue for Southern California residents trapped by mudslides and flooding
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Jan 10, 2018
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As skies clear, rescue efforts continue for Southern California residents trapped by mudslides and flooding
Yesterday morning’s massive mudslides and flooding in Montecito killed at least 15 people, with dozens of others unaccounted for.
A bulldozer clears mud off the road near a flooded section of US 101 freeway near the San Ysidro exit in Montecito, California on January 9, 2018. 
Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in southern California and killed at least 13 people, police said Tuesday. / AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN        (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
A bulldozer clears mud off the road near a flooded section of US 101 freeway near the San Ysidro exit in Montecito, California on January 9, 2018.
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Yesterday morning’s massive mudslides and flooding in Montecito killed at least 15 people, with dozens of others unaccounted for.

Yesterday morning’s massive mudslides and flooding in Montecito killed at least 15 people, with dozens of others unaccounted for.

As of dawn, about 300 residents of Montecito’s Romero Canyon were awaiting rescue. The canyon is inaccessible except by helicopter.

AirTalk surveys the damage.

Guests:

Amber Anderson, public information officer for the City of Santa Barbara

David Wagner, KPCC business and economy reporter; he is in the La Tuna Canyon area covering the damage from the rain and mudslides

Lance Orozco, news director with KCLU, our sister NPR station covering Ventura County

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