Crews clear debris, search for bodies after Montecito mudslides

A car was stuck in a mudslide early Tuesday morning on Topanga Canyon Blvd., in Topanga.

Mario Romero looks at mud debris covering Maricopa Highway 33 North of Ojai that has several closures due to mud and debris slides covering the roadway Tuesday morning.

Debris and mud cover the entrance of the Montecito Inn after heavy rain brought flash flooding and mudslides to the area.

A rainbow appears over the deadly mudslide in Montecito along Olive Mill Road.

A man walks by destruction along Olive Mill Road in Montecito.

A sheriffs deputy stands near a body covered by a tarp near Hot Springs Road in Montecito after a deadly mudslide swept through the area.

Mangled cars are stuck near Olive Mill Road in Montecito after a major storm hit the burn area Tuesday.

A mangled car along with other debris is wrapped around a tree along Hot Springs Road in Montecito.

Scene from the 300 block of Hot Springs Road in Montecito following debris and mud flow due to heavy rain Tuesday morning.

Sheriffs deputies carry a body from the debris near Hot Springs Road in Montecito after a major storm hit the burn area Tuesday.

Orange County search-and-rescue crews look for missing people along Olive Mill Road and Hot Springs Road in Montecito.

A house is left among boulders and mud along Glen Oaks Drive in Montecito.

The 101 Freeway is covered with mud and debris at Olive Mill Road in Montecito.

Montecito resident Terry Connery, second from left, is assisted on Wednesday by, from left, firefighters Mark Todd, John Cecena and Jeff Shea after the storm.

A home off of Romero Canyon Road in Montecito is inundated with mud.

Crews work to clear debris from the closed 101 Freeway at Olive Mill Road in Montecito.

The 101 Freeway remains closed as mud and debris clog the roadway at the Olive Mill Road overpass in Montecito.

A member of the search and rescue team inpsects property near a home along Glen Oaks Drive in Montecito.

Ventura County fire Capt. Clay Cundiff searches a home for a woman who was reported missing by friends and family on Lilac Drive and Tollis Avenue in Montecito. She was later found safe.

A member of the San Bernardino Search and Rescue holds a picture that was found along the East Cold Springs Creek in Montecito after a major storm hit the burn area Wednesday.

Tim O’Donnell, a member of the L.A. County Search and Rescue team, searches under Ashley Road along the East Cold Springs Creek in Montecito after a major storm hit the burn area Wednesday.

Travis Zehntner looks over the wreckage of a Glen Oaks Drive home where family friend Rebecca Riskin was killed.

A home on West Park Lane along San Ysidro Creek in Montecito on Thursday.

A Cantin family holiday card in a pile of debris in the 300 block of Hot Springs Road in Montecito. From left, Kim, mother who survived; father David, who was killed; son Jack, who is still missing; and daugher Lauren, who was pulled from the family home early Wednesday.

A structure sits in a tree Friday on East Valley Road in Montecito.

A dog and its handler from Riverside County search the rubble of a Hot Springs Road home Friday in Montecito.

Water rises high near a home on East Valley Road on Friday in Montecito.

A dog helps rescue workers search through rocks, mud and debris for bodies Saturday in Montecito.

Firefighters look for missing people along Hot Springs Road in Montecito on Saturday.

Los Angeles City firefighter Jeffrey Neu gives water to Faith, a cadaver dog, while searching in a wood pile in Montectio Creek.

A Montecito freeway sign sits in mud on Highway 101.=

A view of the Thomas Fire burn zone and San Ysidro Creek in the Santa Ynez Mountains which brought mud and debris into Montecito neighborhoods.

Los Angeles City firefighter Hollyn Bullock uses a rescue tool to pry open a car door along Montecito Creek.

Montecito neighbors hug at a candlelight vigil outside the Santa Barbara Courthouse.

Mourners gather for a candlelight vigil outside the Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunday for victims of the Montecito mudslides.

Geness Lorien listens to speakers during a candlelight vigil outside the Santa Barbara Courthouse.

Mourners gather for a candlelight vigil outside the Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunday for victims of the Montecito mudslides.

Mark Vance shovels mud away from his house on Olive Mill Road in Montecito, California.

Jesse Rudnick, with the Regional Task Force 1 out of Marin County Fire and Rescue, searches for missing people around a Montecito home.

Hugo Bautista, left and Jose Garcia, contractors with Union Pacific Railroad make sure track is clear at the Olive Mill Road crossing in Montecito.

Amtrak has added extra trains and cars for passengers trying to get around the 101 Freeway closure in Montecito.

Crews continue to clear mud and debris from the 101 Freeway near Olive Mill Road on Tuesday, January 16, 2018. Officials said they hoped to have the freeway opened by next Monday.

Cal Trans crews work on clearing a drain along the 101 Freeway in Montecito on Tuesday, January 16, 2018.

A worker takes a breather from directing a bulldozer driver who clears mud from the 101 freeway in Montecito.

Progress is slowly being made as a worker and trucks traverse a recently cleared portion of the the 101 freeway at Olive Mill Road in Montecito.

Santa Barbara Supervisor Joan Hartmann, from front left, Jefferson Litten, Hartmann’s Chief of Staff, and San Barbara City Councilman Eric Friedman, pink shirt, join others as they applaud first responders, fire fighters and law enforcement who’ve been aiding in the aftermath of the Montecito mudslide during a community meeting at the La Cumbre Junior High School in Santa Barbara.

Margaret Stewart, with the Los Angeles City Fire Department, watches as her dog, Veya, tries to locate a victim of the mudslide along Highway 101 at Olive Mill Road in Montecito.