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Storm Damage Watch

The heavy rains are already toppling trees and creating sinkholes.

Storm Damage Watch
A large eucalyptus tree fell onto a carport damaging vehicles at 400 Ellwood Beach Dr in Goleta. No injuries were reported.

The storm battering Santa Barbara has already wreaked serious damage up and down the South Coast, from toppling trees into parked cars in Goleta to creating a large sinkhole in the 800 block of Olive Street. As the day progresses, we'll be updating this story with photos and videos of these incidents. To submit your own, email news@independent.com.

Check our news page for the latest information on evacuation warnings and orders, and road closures.

East Beach
Trees fall near a condo complex by the Santa Barbara Zoo
The Goleta area is at risk for potential flooding.
Crews work to remove a fallen tree on Hollister Avenue by the Paige Youth Center that shut down the road for hours
A mudslide on Las Positas by Cliff Drive
An Italian Stone Pine on Anapamu Street came down in Friday's storm
A Caltrans truck clears mudslides on Hwy 154
Cliff Drive by the south Elings Park entrance
The top of Carrillo hill
Workers reinforce a leaning communication lines pole at Ortega and Cota