Fears of a direct hit in Montecito area as storm moves in

Loreen Zakem and dog Holly go for a daily walk along Camino Viejo Rd. past one of dozens of homes destroyed in a January debris flow along Montecito Creek.

A Ventura County utility vehicles splashes through a flooded section of Creek Road near Oak View on Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2018.

A muddy Montecito Creek runs into the ocean in Montecito Wednesday afternoon.

Signs of water ponding along East Valley Road near San Ysidro Creek Wednesday afternoon.

Montecito resident Keith Hamm checks out San Ysidro Creek and the bridge at East Valley Road in Montecito Wednesday afternoon as water levels rise but no major flooding or slides have been reported.

Rain clouds envelop hills along a charred stretch of Highway 33 near Ojai on Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2018.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s patrol the Glen Oaks Drive area near East Valley Road and San Ysidro Creek Wednesday as the mandatory evacuation remains in place.

Tommy Varlokostas, of Burbank, walks in the rain with his nine daughter Antonia while beach combing at the Carpinteria Creek Lagoon at Carpinteria State Beach.

Amanda McBroom walks her dogs Rosie, Charlie and Duffy past Ventura County firefighters who clean out flooding inside The Pantry Restaurant in Ojai.

A sign of warning where a muddy Montecito Creeks runs into the Ocean Wednesday afternoon.

Coast Village Road is closed at Olive Mill Road and Montecito looks like a ghost town under mandatory evacuation orders.

Heavy rain falls along a stretch of Highway 33 near Ojai on Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2018.

Jim Dewey with the Santa Barbara Streets Operations and Infrastructure Division checks on an evacuated and quiet Coast Village Road closed at Olive Mill Road.

Brian Miller, with Los Angeles County, inspects the drainage flow on a culvert in La Tuna Canyon as heavy rains caused street flooding.

A resident walks along a mud filled street off La Tuna Canyon Road as heavy rains caused street flooding and debris flow on March 21, 2018 in Sun Valley, California.

Harbor Boulevard in Ventura is closed to traffic due to flooding from Wednesday’s storm.

Highway 101 is open in Montecito.

Coast Village Road in Montecito is empty under mandatory evacuation orders Wednesday morning.

Marit ter Mate-Martinsen and her daughters — Evelina, 8, and Lulu, 4 — pack their van to leave their home in the mandatory evacuation zone in Carpinteria, Calif., as Tuesday’s storm moves in.

Residents and volunteers fill sandbags at Manning Park in Montecito, Calif., as people prepare for Tuesday’s storm.

Browning Allen packs up his truck to leave the mandatory evacuation zone in Carpinteria, Calif., as a storm, forecast to be the biggest of the season, approaches Tuesday.

Luis Orta throws sandbags into a truck at Manning Park in Montecito in preparation for Tuesday’s storm.

A person overlooks debris and destroyed homes along Montecito Creek from the January mudslide as a new storm threatens the area.

Jacob Ascencio, 18, left, helps his father, Polo Ascencio, line sandbags in front of their garage to protect their home in the mandatory evacuation zone in Carpinteria, Calif., as Tuesday’s storm approaches.

Peter Morris walks past one of numeous damaged homes on Olive Mill Rd. as rain begins to fall on the flood ravaged area of Montecito.

Jacob Ascencio, 18, stacks sandbags in front of his family’s Carpinteria, Calif., home before Tuesday’s storm.

A beachgoer shelters from drizzling rain as storm clouds blow ashore at the Ventura Pier.

Alexis Hunter picks up sandbags at Manning Park in Montecito, Calif., to protect her home before Tuesday’s storm.