iStock/Thinkstock(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) — Officials have ordered thousands of people who were affected by recent wildfires in Southern California to evacuate as an upcoming winter storm poses a threat for mudslides and flash floods.
Mandatory evacuations were issued for about 7,000 people in mountainous areas affected by the Thomas, Whitter, Sherpa and Rey fires, according to the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management. Another 23,000 people were under evacuation warnings, officials said.
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Rainfall rates up to 1.33 inches per hour..huge mudslides....recuses ongoing...homes on fire from broken gas lines from mudflows ......