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In this photo provided by Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Kerry Mann navigates the large boulders and mudflow that destroyed the home of her friend in Montecito, California, Wednesday, January 10, 2018. The woman who lives in the home has not been seen since the early hours of Tuesday. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
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Teresa Drenick stands in her sister's home damaged after heavy rains off Glen Oaks Lane, while Sean Bornwell retrieves some of her sister's personal belongings on January 10 in Montecito, California. Drenick's sister has been missing since early Tuesday morning. Flash floods there on Tuesday swept immense amounts of mud, water and debris down from foothills that were stripped of brush by the recent Thomas wildfire. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
A structure is smashed against a tree along Hot Springs Road in Montecito, after getting hit by a flash flood and debris flow on January 9. Several homes were swept away before dawn Tuesday when mud and debris roared into neighborhoods in Montecito from hillsides stripped of vegetation during the recent wildfire in Calirfornia (Daniel Dreifuss/AP)
WATCH VIDEO Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
This photo provided by Ventura County Sheriff's Office shows an arial view of Montecito with mudflow and debris due to heavy rains on Tuesday. (Ventura County Sheriff's Office via AP)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
Cars that were washed away are piled up on the banks of Romero Creek in Montecito, California, on January 9. Dozens of homes were swept away or heavily damaged Tuesday as downpours sent mud and boulders roaring down hills stripped of vegetation by a gigantic wildfire that raged in Southern California last month. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
This photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows damaged vehicles carried by mud flow and debris at the parking garage of The Montecito Inn in Montecito, California. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
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. But only 10 to 15 percent complied with mandatory orders, a spokesperson of the Fire Department said.
(Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
The death toll on Tuesday surpassed a California mudslide on January 10, 2005, that killed 10 people as a hillside gave way in the town of La Conchita, less than 20 miles (32 km) south of the latest disaster. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)
Members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Search and Rescue crew work on a car trapped under debris in Montecito on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
WATCH VIDEO Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
The threat of mudslides prompted the county to order 7,000 residents to leave their homes before the rains came and to urge 23,000 others to evacuate voluntarily. (Ventura County Sheriff's Office via AP)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
A bulldozer moves debris as a car sits stranded in flooded water on Highway 101 in Montecito. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, shows a semi-tractor trailer sits stuck in mud on US Highway 101, in Montecito. Homes were swept away before dawn on Tuesday. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
Solar panels from a destroyed home and debris are shown in Montecito. (AP Photo)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
In this photo provided by Santa Barbara County Fire Department, mudflow, boulders, and debris from heavy rain runoff from early Tuesday reached the roof of a single story home in Montecito, California. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
A car sits stranded in flooded water in Montecito on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. Downpours sent mud and boulders roaring down hills stripped of vegetation by a gigantic wildfire that raged in Southern California last month. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
READ UPDATE Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
A damaged car sits over fallen and debris behind downed power lines in Montecito (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
WATCH VIDEO Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
Debris and mud cover the entrance of the Montecito Inn after heavy rain brought flash flooding and mudslides to the area in Montecito. At least 13 people were killed and homes were swept from their foundations on Tuesday. (Daniel Dreifuss)
WATCH VIDEO Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
A damaged car sits on the side of a road in Montecito. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
WATCH VIDEO Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
In this photo provided by Santa Barbara County Fire Department, homes were destroyed along San Ysidro Creek near East Valley Road in Montecito. Runoff from heavy rain early Tuesday brought boulders, mudflow, and debris down on them. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
WATCH VIDEO Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
This photo provided by Stacey Wright with the Santa Barbara Urban Hikers shows a small dog being rescued on Olive Mill Road Tuesday, in Montecito, California (Stacey Wright/Santa Barbara Urban Hikers via AP)
WATCH VIDEO Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
Santa Barbara County Fire Search Dog Reilly looks for victims in damaged and destroyed homes in Montecito, California, following deadly runoff of mud and debris from heavy rain on Tuesday, (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
WATCH VIDEO Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
A Santa Barbara County Air Support Unit helicopter under a rainbow while on a rescue mission following deadly mudflow after heavy rains trapped dozens of people in Montecito, California, on Tuesday. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
WATCH VIDEO Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
