LOS ANGELES — Residents across California’s Central Coast were allowed to return home Tuesday following a torrential storm that swamped the region with eye-popping amounts of rain and choked many roadways with mud and debris.
As of 2 p.m. Pacific time, all evacuation orders and shelter-in-place advisories had been canceled in Montecito and the rest of Santa Barbara County, officials said. Earlier in the day, authorities lifted evacuation orders and warnings in Paso Robles.
“The storm that we just experienced was a significant and powerful weather event, one in a series of storms that have and will continue to hit Santa Barbara County,” said Sheriff Bill Brown.
