Dramatic rescues of California mudslide victims  

Dramatic rescue videos show teams airlifting California residents trapped by the mudslide to safety.

Crews have been working round the clock after mudslides tore through the fire-ravaged hills around Santa Barbara on Tuesday, leaving 16 dead, dozens missing and hundreds stuck inside their homes.

Others were stranded on the top of their cars or rooftops by the rushing floodwaters. 

The US Coast Guard shows Coast Guard members rescues a family of five, including the mother, father, their newborn, seven-year-old son, three-year-old daughter and two dogs after their house was overtaken by a mudslide, in Santa Barbara County, California

Dramatic rescue videos show teams airlifting California residents trapped by the mudslide to safety 

One video, shows the Coast Guard saving a family of five after their home was as overtaken by a mudslide, in Santa Barbara County

One video, shows the Coast Guard saving a family of five after their home was as overtaken by a mudslide, in Santa Barbara County

The mom and her newborn baby wait on the roof with one of the rescue crew

The mom and her newborn baby wait on the roof with one of the rescue crew

New new footage shows the brave rescue teams risking their lives to stage daring rescues.

One video, shows the Coast Guard saving a family of five after their home was as overtaken by a mudslide, in Santa Barbara County.

The crews dropped onto the roof of their home, and carefully, they helped the parents, their newborn, seven-year-old son, three-year-old daughter – as well as their two dogs – clamber up to be airlifted to safety.  

Another member of the Coast Guard carries the family seven-year-old son to safety

Another member of the Coast Guard carries the family seven-year-old son to safety

The boy is followed by the family's three-year-old daughter 

The boy is followed by the family’s three-year-old daughter 

The mom gets inside the steel cage and is slowly brought up to the helicoper 

The family was transported to a staging area with Santa Barbara County emergency crews.

The family was transported to a staging area with Santa Barbara County emergency crews.

Footage, shot by the Coast Guard, showed one of the crew cradling the baby, as he climbed into the basket, and was then hoisted into the helicopter.   

The family was transported to a staging area with Santa Barbara County emergency crews. 

Another video shows a man, who was stranded in his red pick up truck surrounded by floodwaters, as a rope was passed down to him from the Down Fire Team rescue helicopter above.

Another video shows a man, who was stranded in his red pick up truck surrounded by floodwaters, as a rope was passed down to him from the Down Fire Team rescue helicopter above

He slipped the harness around him and was airlifted to safety.

He slipped the harness around him and was airlifted to safety.

He slipped the harness around him and was airlifted to safety.

The Ventura County Air Unit also posted videos of their rescues, showing teams rescuing stranded individuals from the deadly mudslides.

 Rescue crews have been using helicopters and dogs to search the hills around wealthy Santa Barbara, California, for people trapped or killed by rain-driven mudslides. 

The area, sandwiched between the ocean and the sprawling Los Padres National Forest, is home to celebrities including Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres, who relish its natural beauty and proximity to sprawling Los Angeles.

But the wooded hillsides that once gave their estates a sense of seclusion were largely denuded by last year’s historic wildfires, setting the stage for the massive slides that slammed into homes, turned highways into raging rivers and swept away vehicles after heavy Tuesday rains.

The Ventura County Air Unit also posted videos of their rescues, showing teams rescuing stranded individuals from the deadly mudslides

An individual is rescued from a pile of rubble by a car, surrounded by rising water

An individual is rescued from a pile of rubble by a car, surrounded by rising water

Houses could be seen surrounded by several feet of mud.

‘We’re finding people continuously,’ said Yaneris Muniz, spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara County Joint Information Center. ‘We had a helicopter and several crews out all night, and now that it’s day, we’ll be able to intensify those searches.’

Officials have ordered residents in a large swath of Montecito to stay in their homes so that rescuers can better go about their work.

About 300 people were stranded in a canyon. Local rescue crews, using borrowed helicopters from the U.S. Coast Guard, worked to airlift them out, officials said.

The county initially ordered 7,000 residents to evacuate and urged another 23,000 to do so voluntarily, but only 10 to 15 percent complied with mandatory orders, said Amber Anderson, a spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

‘We don’t know how many additional people are still trapped,’ Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said on the ‘CBS This Morning’ program. ‘We know there are some, and we’re still making our way into certain areas of Montecito and the adjacent areas to determine if anyone is still there and still alive.’

The final clip shows a ,member of the Venture County Air Unit helping a woman into a harness

The final clip shows a ,member of the Venture County Air Unit helping a woman into a harness

She is then airlifted to safety as the crewman watches on from below

She is then airlifted to safety as the crewman watches on from below



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