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Montecito Residents Ordered to Evacuate as Storm Brings Risk of Devastating Mudslides on Five-Year Anniversary of Deadly 2018 Slide

Residents of Montecito, California, were ordered to evacuate Monday as a storm battered the state, coinciding with the five-year anniversary of a major mudslide that killed 23 people in 2018. Montecito, a small town of 8,200 located between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, is bracing for heavy rains that could bring mudslides and debris flows similar to…