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Oprah Shows Mudslide Damage at Montecito Estate

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By TheBlast Staff on January 9, 2018 at 7:10 PM PST

Oprah was trudging through her yard in knee-deep mud as her Santa Barbara community was trounced with rain, mudslides, and even a gas fire.

O said she woke up to a blazing gas fire, and even witnessed helicopters rescuing her neighbors and searching for missing persons.

The possible 2020 Presidential candidate also shared footage of her front yard after being ravaged by mud. She says, "the back house is gone," but it's unclear if the structure belonged to a neighbor or was on her own property.

According to Santa Barbara County authorities, 13 people were killed and dozens more have been injured just weeks after the community was devastated by wildfires.

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