The evacuation orders come on the fifth anniversary of deadly mudslides.
“Today is Jan. 9, 2023, and we are exactly five years from the mudslide event — and our watershed is saturated,” fire Chief Kevin Taylor of the Montecito Fire Protection District said in a Monday morning press conference from the Santa Barbara County Employee University. “The community is at risk for a second debris flow from Thomas Fire scar.”
A hydrant is almost covered in mud, which came down hillsides from overnight rain in Montecito, Calif., on Jan. 9, 2018. Five years to the day later on Jan. 8, 2023, Montecito was evacuated due to heavy storms and flooding.He reiterated that if and when an evacuation order is issued, residents must act quickly.
Residents should expect shelter-in-place orders to hold until Tuesday, said Eric Boldt, a National Weather Service spokesperson. “Some of the rain has been more than an inch an hour,” he added. “Flash flooding can continue within a burn scar. [Until] that subsides [the order] stays.” In this 2018 file photo, sandbags line part of the Montecito Inn, which was damaged by the 2018 mudslide. On Jan. 9, 2023, the fifth anniversary of the slides, the town was evacuated.
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