The search continues in Santa Barbara County for victims of last week’s flooding, but there is little hope of finding additional survivors.
The death toll remains at 20 today, with three still missing. It turns out a fourth person on the list Sunday wasn’t even in Montecito at the time of the storm. Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department officials say John Keating is a transient who was in Carpinteria when the storm hit. He was found safe in Ventura.
Crews are digging through mountains of mud and debris, as they clear roads and waterways clogged by last week’s deadly storm. As they work, they look for the remains of those still missing. What was a search and rescue effort is now a search and recovery mission. The search teams are looking for the bodies of the still missing storm victims.
While the effort to find the missing flood victims continues, some of the search teams, and search dogs are now being sent home.
