At least 3 dead as heavy rains trigger flooding, mudflows and freeway closures across Southern California
by James Queally and Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times
Jan 09, 2018
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Heavy rains triggered freeway closures throughout the Los Angeles region Tuesday and unleashed mud flows in areas ravaged by wildfires last month, shutting down more than 30 miles of the 101 Freeway and leaving at least three people dead as rescue personnel scrambled through clogged roadways and downed trees, officials said.
At least 8 people were injured in Montecito after a heavy band of rain that hit the area around 2:30 a.m. causing "waist-high" mud flows, according
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