Though there have been several rainstorms and it might rain even tonight where I live near San Francisco, but so far none have been serious enough near Santa Barbara to cause even more mudslides there in the near future. But, it could happen any time now until usually about May or June most years.
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Missing woman found dead in mudslide
Body of Montecito woman found, brings mudslide death toll to 21
Faviola Benitez Calderon was found by a search team with dogs on Saturday morning.
(CNN)The
body of a 28-year-old California woman, missing since savage mudslides
hit nearly two weeks ago, was found Saturday, the Santa Barbara County
Sheriff's office said.
Faviola
Benitez Calderon was one of three people still missing after the
catastrophe swept away homes and lives in the coastal town of Montecito.
A search team using detection dogs found her body Saturday morning.
At
least 21 people died in the mudslides, including Calderon's son, niece
and sister-in-law, the California Department of Fire and Forestry
Protection said.
The rain poured down on hillsides charred by recent wildfires that had burned vegetation that otherwise could make the terrain more resistant to mudslides.
For days, rescuers searched frantically for the missing after mud and boulders barreled into neighborhoods in and near Montecito, an affluent seaside community east of Santa Barbara. The mudslides demolished homes and left roads impassable.
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