(CNN) — Two days after the Golden Globes and a speech that had everyone talking, Oprah Winfrey’s thoughts are not on her presidential prospects but with her neighbors in Santa Barbara, California, where heavy rains have caused dangerous mudslides and led to fatalities.

At least 13 people have died and officials in Santa Barbara County say that number could rise.

A number of homes have been destroyed and first responders have rescued at least 50 people.

“Praying for our community again in Santa Barbara,” Winfrey wrote late Tuesday, sharing photos of her mud-soaked backyard and helicopters making rescues in the area.

The mudslides and floodwaters have most affected areas in close proximity to wildfires that raged recently in Southern California, including the Thomas Fire, which has burned 281,893 acres to date.

Vegetation destroyed by the fires had acted as a sort of flood protection for certain residential areas, leaving them vulnerable to mudslides and floods.

In the video Winfrey posted, she shows herself walking in knee-deep mud and giving a view of the scene.

“The house in the back is gone,” she said.

The rainfall in the Los Angeles area was expected to clear by late Tuesday.

Since Sunday and the subsequent reports that Winfrey is “actively thinking” about running for president in 2020, Winfrey has not officially commented on the speculation.

On Tuesday, Winfrey’s close friend and “CBS This Morning” co-host, Gayle King, said Winfrey is “intrigued by the idea.”

— Sandra Gonzalez

The-CNN-Wire
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Comments (26)
  1. The same polls that said Hillary would win in a landslide?

    1. tbg2016 says:

      You mean “Hillary would win in a mudslide.”

      1. Alan Smithee says:

        You mean “Hillary would win in a bimbo eruption.”

  2. Too bad she wasn’t home and the mud wasn’t deep enough to cover the whole house.

  3. Bob Bernet says:

    Instead of giving out Best Actor or Actress awards, why not just award the Presidency? Is that where this is going?

    1. Andrew Moore says:

      The last thing we need is a former prostitute in The White House.

  4. I believe she thinks these pictures will offset the photos of her kissing Weinstein. A real candidate for president. My opinion, NOT!

  5. There’s a massive mud slide every time she flushes the toilet

  6. Susan Smith says:

    Oprah added another tenet to Libthink: Not only are all racists white, but they also need to “just die,” every last one of them.” Nov. 20, 2013.

  7. I’ve never seen this woman out praying for anyone who makes less than $10 million a year. Did you know her religion is called Oprah? Yes, she worships herself. Literally. Her New Age guru, Eckhart Tolle, taught her. “I don’t believe that Jesus came to start Christianity.”-Oprah Windfrey

  8. If she is elected, do we all get a new car?

  9. hitrestart1 says:

    As you have declared yourself an anti-Christ, what are you praying to, Winfrey? Let this little chastisement from the Lord remind you; it’s not too late to repent.

  10. Mike Keller says:

    How can you tell her from the mud? Both are as dumb as mud.

  11. #Oprah #OprahWinfrey brings up 75 year old rape case of #RecyTaylor Taylor. Travesty of justice. But now African Americans account for 12.3 of US population but HALF the rapes.

  12. Remember when Lawrence and other Holleywoodies said the hurricane in Texas was karma or God punishing them? Well, how about fires and floods in CA?

  13. Jack Burton says:

    How professional to use just her first name in the headline. LOL What is this a Hollywood blog? Well, she suffers like the rest of us I guess. A woman of the people yes? LOL

  14. If they had moved to Canada like they promised this would not have happened to them.

  15. harris9513 says:

    I’m supposed to feel bad for billionaires and millionaires losing material possessions when I can’t get get by from month to month? Get outta my face!

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