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[19] [20] [21] Following the closure, access to Santa Barbara from the Los Angeles area was limited to a 260-mile (420 km) detour around the Los Padres National Forest or through the use of private ferries to Ventura. [22] On January 11, Amtrak train service was restored to Santa Barbara and US 101 was partially reopened as far west as ...
The Thomas Fire was a massive wildfire that affected Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, and one of multiple wildfires that ignited in southern California in December 2017. It burned approximately 281,893 acres (440 sq mi; 114,078 ha) before being fully contained on January 12, 2018, making it the largest wildfire in modern California history ...
On January 8–9, 2018, a winter storm struck California, bringing heavy rain to Southern California, and prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, over potential mudslides in areas affected by wildfires. [73]
On Jan. 9, 2018, intense rain fell on a weeks-old wildfire burn scar in the mountains above Montecito on the Santa Barbara County coast, unleashing what residents remember as the “ 1/9 Debris ...
A powerful rainstorm triggered mudslides on soaked steep slopes where a series of intense wildfires burned off vegetation last month. Mudslides and flooding kill at least 13 in California Skip to ...
The Thomas Fire has burned 234,000 acres and destroyed nearly 700 homes in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. After fires, Southern California faces risk of mudslides Skip to main content
Rescue crews are using helicopters and dogs to aid their search on Wednesday, for people trapped or killed by rain-driven California mudslides. California mudslides kill 17, more feared dead in deluge
Satellite images of one of the first extratropical cyclones responsible for the flooding (unofficially named "Winter Storm Iras" by The Weather Channel).. The high-amplitude ridge off the West Coast that characterized the 2011–17 California drought, dubbed the "Ridiculously Resilient Ridge", was replaced by a persistent presence of anomalous troughs affected California.