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Behind bars. >> a race against time to save people who are missing in the southern california mudslides. the death toll standard 17. jillian: staggering amounts of rain triggering debris running down hillsides, taking anything and everything with it. the hardest hit area, thousands are without power. 100 homes destroyed and hundreds damaged. rob: let's go to janice dean. >> reporter: the rain has moved out of the way, we have the threat from mudslides and debris flows across burn areas in southern california. we have potential for more rain in the forecast but it will be across northern points...

Mexico, giving them the same threat level is countries like syria and afghanistan. a hotspot for drug cartel activity, trafficking routes, carjacking and robbery. the us government has limited capabilities to provide help in these areas. they want tourists to stay away. a race against time to save people missing in those california mudslides, the death toll at 17. staggering rain triggering raging rivers and meds, debris running down hillsides, taking anything and everything with it. the hardest hit area montecito where thousands are without power, 100 homes destroyed and hundreds more damaged...

Capturing the cell phone video of the tornado. this damaged five homes, ripped the roof straight off of one. nobody was hurt, but according to u.s. tornadoes.com, this is the first tornado in los angeles since 2004. on average california, the entire state, only gets about six tornadoes a year, compare that to oklahoma which gets about 50. it was an ef-0, so it wasn't very powerful, but one resident described it as going through an earthquake in the middle of this storm. that just shows how rarely we get tornados in this area. earlier in the day heavy rainfall caused severe flooding throughout ...