At least 17 dead as mudslides hit fire-ravaged Southern California

Firefighters help a 14-year-old girl leave the site of mudslide in Montecito, Santa Barbara, the United States, Jan. 9, 2018. The death toll from devastating mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm in southern California rose to 15 according to Yaneris Muniz, the news spokesman of Santa Barbara, California. (Xinhua/Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department)