Surviving Fire, Only to Die in a Torrent of Mud

Armando Gutierrez, left, and Rob Child, both of the San Luis Obispo Fire Department, search for bodies after a mudslide in Montecito, Calif., Jan. 10, 2018. At least 17 people were killed in mud flows Tuesday so powerful that some one-story ranch homes in the area, which is northwest of Los Angeles, were covered up to their gutters. (Sky Gilbar/The New York Times)