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California mudslide: Rescuers hunt for survivors and victims
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42638111California mudslide: Rescuers hunt for survivors and victims
4 hours ago
Hundreds of rescuers are combing through the wreckage of an area of southern California that was engulfed by mudslides. Seventeen people are confirmed to have died after heavy rainfall hit an area of Santa Barbara county scorched by wildfires last month. Eight are missing. Fifty-nine homes were destroyed, and another 446 were damaged.
Twelve of the 28 injured remain in hospital, four in a critical condition.
"A lot of the street signs are gone, the roads are impassable. It all has to be done on foot," Dan Page, head of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department rescue team, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press (AP).
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