{"id":390511,"date":"2018-01-11T06:32:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T06:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=390511"},"modified":"2018-01-11T06:32:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T06:32:52","slug":"california-mudslides-death-toll-rises-17-still-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/california-mudslides-death-toll-rises-17-still-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"California mudslides death toll rises with 17 still missing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hundreds of rescuers are combing wreckage in Southern California for those missing after mudslides that have killed 17.<\/p>\n
Another 28 injuries have been reported in Santa Barbara County following the deluge that overwhelmed an area scorched by wildfires last month.<\/p>\n
More than 100 homes were destroyed, and another 300 have been damaged.<\/p>\n
One rescue worker tearfully described plucking a “muddy doll” of a toddler from under several feet of debris.<\/p>\n
Berkeley Johnson said the two-year-old girl was taken to hospital and suffered an injury to her hip.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know how the baby survived,”\u00a0Mr Berkeley told the Santa Barbara Independent newspaper.<\/p>\n