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Photos: California mudslide leaves at least 13 dead in region hit by wildfire

Mudslides in California on Tuesday toppled trees, demolished cars and covered blocks of quiet residential neighbourhoods with a thick layer of mud, and blocked Highway 101, a major north-south route along the coast, leaving at least 13 dead.

Updated on: Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM IST

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Emergency personnel carry a woman rescued from a collapsed house after a mudslide in Montecito. Mudslides, boulders and tons of debris killed at least 13 people on Tuesday in communities along California’s scenic coastline ravaged by a series of intense wildfires that burned off protective vegetation last month. (Kenneth Song / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

Emergency personnel carry a woman rescued from a collapsed house after a mudslide in Montecito. Mudslides, boulders and tons of debris killed at least 13 people on Tuesday in communities along California’s scenic coastline ravaged by a series of intense wildfires that burned off protective vegetation last month. (Kenneth Song / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

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Emergency workers using search dogs and helicopters rescued dozens of people stranded in mud-coated rubble in the normally pristine area, sandwiched between the ocean and the sprawling Los Padres National Forest. Heavy downpours struck before dawn on Tuesday after thousands of residents in Santa Barbara County along the Pacific coast north of Los Angeles were ordered to evacuate or urged to do so voluntarily. (Kenneth Song / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

Emergency workers using search dogs and helicopters rescued dozens of people stranded in mud-coated rubble in the normally pristine area, sandwiched between the ocean and the sprawling Los Padres National Forest. Heavy downpours struck before dawn on Tuesday after thousands of residents in Santa Barbara County along the Pacific coast north of Los Angeles were ordered to evacuate or urged to do so voluntarily. (Kenneth Song / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

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An aerial view from a Ventura County Sheriff helicopter shows a site damaged by mudslide in Montecito. The upscale communities of Montecito and Carpenteria, just outside the city of Santa Barbara, were hardest hit. (Ventura County Sheriff's Office / REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

An aerial view from a Ventura County Sheriff helicopter shows a site damaged by mudslide in Montecito. The upscale communities of Montecito and Carpenteria, just outside the city of Santa Barbara, were hardest hit. (Ventura County Sheriff's Office / REUTERS)

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A police vehicle drives across a flooded side road off the US 101 freeway in Montecito. Roads were clogged throughout the region with mudflows shutting down more than 50 kilometers of the 101 Freeway and knocking a number of homes from their foundations. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

A police vehicle drives across a flooded side road off the US 101 freeway in Montecito. Roads were clogged throughout the region with mudflows shutting down more than 50 kilometers of the 101 Freeway and knocking a number of homes from their foundations. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

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A firefighter (in yellow) instructs journalists to retreat to safer ground after a rain-driven mudslide destroyed two cars and damaged property in a neighborhood under mandatory evacuation in Burbank. (Robyn Beck / AFP)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

A firefighter (in yellow) instructs journalists to retreat to safer ground after a rain-driven mudslide destroyed two cars and damaged property in a neighborhood under mandatory evacuation in Burbank. (Robyn Beck / AFP)

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A car washed downhill in mudslide under mandatory evacuation area in California. The number of fatalities this time surpassed the death toll from a mudslide on January 10, 2005, when 10 people were killed as a hillside gave way in the town of La Conchita, less than 32 kms south of the latest disaster. (Robyn Beck / AFP)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

A car washed downhill in mudslide under mandatory evacuation area in California. The number of fatalities this time surpassed the death toll from a mudslide on January 10, 2005, when 10 people were killed as a hillside gave way in the town of La Conchita, less than 32 kms south of the latest disaster. (Robyn Beck / AFP)

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The Montecito Inn sits in flooded waters and debris after the disaster. The threat of mudslides had prompted the county to order 7,000 residents to leave their homes ahead of a powerful rainstorm and to urge 23,000 others to evacuate voluntarily. (Kenneth Song / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

The Montecito Inn sits in flooded waters and debris after the disaster. The threat of mudslides had prompted the county to order 7,000 residents to leave their homes ahead of a powerful rainstorm and to urge 23,000 others to evacuate voluntarily. (Kenneth Song / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

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Abadoned cars stuck in flooded water on the freeway after a mudslide in Montecito. Last month’s wildfires, the largest in California history, left the area vulnerable to mudslides. The fires burned away grass and shrubs that hold the soil in place and also baked a waxy layer into the earth that prevents water from sinking deep into the ground. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

Abadoned cars stuck in flooded water on the freeway after a mudslide in Montecito. Last month’s wildfires, the largest in California history, left the area vulnerable to mudslides. The fires burned away grass and shrubs that hold the soil in place and also baked a waxy layer into the earth that prevents water from sinking deep into the ground. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

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Emergency personnel carry a man covered in mud after a mudslide in Montecito. The county set up an evacuation shelter at Santa Barbara City College, where people showed up drenched in mud, and also provided a place for people to take their animals. (Kenneth Song / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

Emergency personnel carry a man covered in mud after a mudslide in Montecito. The county set up an evacuation shelter at Santa Barbara City College, where people showed up drenched in mud, and also provided a place for people to take their animals. (Kenneth Song / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

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An abadoned car floats in flooded waters and debris on the freeway. Some areas of Santa Barbara County early on Tuesday were pounded with more than a half-inch of rain in five minutes, a rate that far exceeds the normal flash flood threshold, officials said. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

An abadoned car floats in flooded waters and debris on the freeway. Some areas of Santa Barbara County early on Tuesday were pounded with more than a half-inch of rain in five minutes, a rate that far exceeds the normal flash flood threshold, officials said. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara News-Press / REUTERS)

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Workers remove mud and water after the mudslide. For residents and emergency workers, still weighing the devastation of the fires, a day of grim rituals resumed: road closings, evacuations, downed power lines, heroic rescues and a search for the dead. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)

Updated on Jan 10, 2018 12:09 PM

Workers remove mud and water after the mudslide. For residents and emergency workers, still weighing the devastation of the fires, a day of grim rituals resumed: road closings, evacuations, downed power lines, heroic rescues and a search for the dead. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)

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