The 69-year-old woman and her boyfriend were at home Tuesday when the mudslide swept through the neighborhood.

The 59-year-old talk show host has revealed she and her wife Portia De Rossi had to leave their $40 million Montecito estate earlier this week after catastrophic mudslides ripped through the area, claiming the lives of 17 people, leaving a further 17 still missing and destroying hundreds of homes.

Tracy Jo Brewer is reunited with her son who went to help rescue people on Tuesday night and was unable to get back to his mom until today.

"This room is always so full of positivity and love and today I really need it", an emotional DeGeneres told the studio. One of those people, 62-year-old Delbert Weltzin, was found alive, according to authorities.

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The Thomas Fire - the largest wildfire in California's recorded history -burned more than 281,000 acres in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties from early December into this month.

"We had waist deep mud raging through my house, every inch of my house", he said. "They were digging in the Montecito Inn and down there in the parking lots yesterday, and I think there may have been some fatalities down there, I don't know".

She proceeded to show photos of some of the destruction in the area, explaining that because of the fires, "trees had no roots to hold the hillside" amid all the rain.

Jennifer Ramos says Marilyn Ramos shared the home with her husband, Antonio Benitez, and the family of his brother, Victor Benitez. It took houses off their foundation. About 6,000 homes and businesses were without power, and many areas still had no water or sewer service. We're going to come together and we're going to do what great Americans do all the time. The community is also reminded to report all missing persons to the Emergency Operations Center at 805-681-5542 and please be prepared to provide as much detail as possible to the call takers. People are trying to locate missing people.

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The SDFD California Task Force 8 canine search and rescue mission ready package team was scheduled to depart Wednesday at 3 p.m.

Marilyn Ramos, 27, died when mudslides hit the home her family was renting in Montecito, the Washington Post reported. Then she added, with a laugh, "that's very unlike me".

Similar issues emerged in last year's wine country wildfires in Northern California, where at times thousands were reported missing, the overwhelming majority simply people whose communication with friends and family had been cut off by the fires.

Riskin Partners is devastated to learn of the passing of one Montecito's most beloved and respected residents, Rebecca Riskin, who tragically perished as a result of the floods and mudslides that occurred in the aftermath of the Thomas Fire.

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