Storm causes mudslides, outages road closures in SLO County
Heavy rainfall and wind in San Luis Obispo County resulted in mudslides, downed trees, road closures and power outages Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Read More …
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Heavy rains fall in SLO County
Multiple San Luis Obispo County communities have received four or more inches of rain over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, flooding, mudslides, rockslides and car accidents are occurring around the county.
Over the last 24 hours, both Los Osos and Templeton have received four inches of rain. Los Osos received 4.10 inches and Templeton received 4.06 inches, Read More …
Storm causes mudslides, flooding and road closures in SLO County
On the second day of a storm that is pounding the Central Coast, two stretches of Highway 1 in San Luis Obispo County are closed Wednesday morning as rockslides, mudslides and Read More …
Huge storm headed for the Central Coast
San Luis Obispo County is expected to received four to eight inches of rain between Tuesday and Thursday, and similar totals are predicted in Santa Barbara County, prompting fresh evacuation warnings. Read More …
Mandatory evacuations again underway in Santa Barbara County
Less than two months following the deadly mudslides in Montecito, parts of southern Santa Barbara County are again under mandatory evacuation orders.
In advance of a storm expected to hit Santa Barbara County Thursday night, officials ordered mandatory evacuations for locations below the Thomas, Whittier and Sherpa fire burn areas. Read More …
Central Coast mudslides: One person found, three remain missing
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that one of the persons missing in the aftermath of the Montecito mudslides has been located. Authorities found John “Jack” Keating, 53, in Read More …
Sheriff releases list of Montecito storm victims
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has released a list of the 17 people confirmed dead in the storm that struck the Montecito area earlier this week. All of the victims Read More …
Storm death toll rises to 17
The storm that struck the Montecito area has killed a total of 17 people, as of Thursday morning. Meanwhile, eight people remain missing. On Wednesday, authorities discovered two dead bodies, raising Read More …
Storm destroys 100 homes in Santa Barbara County
In addition to killing 15 people, the flooding and mudslides destroyed 100 homes in Santa Barbara County Tuesday morning, according to the county’s fire department. Some of the residents of the Read More …
Five people die in Montecito area flooding and mudslides
Flooding and mudslides killed at least five people in the Montecito area overnight, as a storm ravaged the Santa Barbara County community days after the Thomas Fire swept through its neighborhoods.
The storm trapped numerous residents in or around their homes in various areas of Santa Barbara County early Tuesday morning. Read More …