Santa Barbara County responders launched into rescue mode in the early-morning hours of Jan. 9, 2018 after debris flows devastated Montecito. (Ray Ford / Noozhawk photo) A year ago, 23 people were ...

The mud and boulders from a prehistoric debris flow, the second-to-last major flow in Montecito, have been discovered by a UC Santa Barbara geologist at the Bonnymede condominiums and Hammond’s Meadow ...

(Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo) It has been almost two months since the Montecito debris flows, and there are many ways to help individual survivors and the community-recovery process.

“These areas are very vulnerable in the next two years to debris flows,” Keller said. “We could get another one right down Montecito Creek this year, if we get another big rainfall, depending on how ...

During a major mudflow, that reduction would enable 7,000 cubic yards of storm debris that could have been trapped to flow into Montecito. (A cubic yard is about the size of a washing machine.) ...

"We need to learn from that." The Montecito debris flows that occurred in January 2018 were the result of a rare confluence of two uncommonly severe events: the Thomas Fire -- at that time the ...

The most recent devastation was in 2018, after the Thomas Fire. A debris flow in Montecito killed 23 people, many of them drowned in waves of mud or crushed by debris. In the areas scarred by the ...

At the annual Raising Our Light remembrance event in Montecito on Thursday ... the 23 victims who were lost in the devastating 1/9 Debris Flow. "It doesn't even feel like seven [years].

“This is a challenging day,” Montecito Fire tweeted. “It is normal to experience feelings of fear, anxiety & sadness as we approach the 5-year mark of the 1/9 Debris Flow, especially with ...

Thursday, January 9th marks the 7th year anniversary of the Montecito Mudslides and Debris Flow. 23 people lost their lives back in 2018, after mud and boulders plowed down the Santa Barbara ...

Santa Barbara County responders launched into rescue mode in the early-morning hours of Jan. 9, 2018 after debris flows devastated Montecito. (Ray Ford / Noozhawk photo) A year ago, 23 people were ...