Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones as rescue crews searched for more than a dozen people missing after mudslides in California destroyed an estimated 100 houses.

Aided by search dogs, crews from the Montecito Fire Protection District combed through the mud-soaked community, searching for survivors amongst the debris of flattened homes and mangled vehicles.

Firefighters in Montecito, Calif., managed to rescue a young woman who was trapped for several hours in the debris of a home destroyed by mudslides in the Santa Barbara County community on Tuesday.