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MUDSLIDE THREAT MORE DANGEROUS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE NOW?
>> Reporter: THERE ARE ABOUT A
THOUSAND PEOPLE UNDER THE
MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER.
YOU SEE THIS ROADWAY, WOLF?
THIS WAS A SHORT TIME AGO
COMPLETELY COVERED IN DEBRIS AND
MUD.
AND NOW THEY'RE BULLDOZING THE
MUD OUT OF THIS AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S WATER
FLOWING DOWN INTO THE STREETS.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR
NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS, AND THAT'S
OVER THERE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE
THROUGH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU CAN SEE, IT'S COMPLETELY
BLOCKED BY SLUDGE AND MUD.
OKAY, SO WHERE IS ALL OF THIS
COMING FROM?
WELL, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY
SWING YOU BACK OVER THIS WAY.
IT'S COMING ALL THE WAY FROM UP
THERE.
THAT'S WHERE THE COLBY WILDFIRE
WAS, JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS
AGO.
THE LANDSLIDE SO CHARRED RIGHT
NOW, IT CAN'T HANDLE ALL OF THIS
RAIN THAT'S COMING TOWN, JUST A
COUPLE OF INCHES.
AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE
DEBRIS THAT'S COMING DOWN, WOLF,
LOOK AT IT.
IT'S WOOD AND VARIOUS CHARRED
RUBBLE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S ALL
COMPLETELY BURNED FROM THE
WILDFIRE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S ACROSS LOS ANGELES.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MUCH-NEEDED
RAIN, WE'RE SEEING THINGS LIKE
RESCUES, THESE TWO PEOPLE AND
THEIR DOG, THEY HAD TO GET
RESCUED VIA BOAT, BECAUSE SOME
OF THE ROADS ARE FLOODED, AND
WOLF, YOU KNOW FROM TRAVELING
HERE IN LOS ANGELES, IT'S ALSO
MEANT A LOT OF CAR ACCIDENTS,
GENERALLY A HEADACHE FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE.