Mandatory evacuation orders lifted in Santa Barbara County as storm moves through
MONTECITO, Calif. - Mandatory evacuation orders in Santa Barbara County were lifted Friday morning as a cold winter storm moved through without causing any major damage to areas devastated by deadly mudslides in January.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office lifted all mandatory evacuation orders as of 9 a.m. local time.
"Together we made it through the first storm since the 1/9 debris flow," Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said in a statement, adding that "we know that being evacuated is a tremendous hardship and we did not make this decision lightly."
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