ian mccall is tracking the mudslides, especially in those burn zones. >> reporter: it's the night they have been dreading, 5,000 people forced to leave their homes along highway 9 where the czu complex fire burned last summer. all of this rain will cause the landslides and flooding. >> i suspected this was coming so i had my car loaded up. i have a chain saw, water, like basic mountain supplies that we all keep. >> reporter: her home burned down in the fire. now she's staying in her trailer at a friend's but has her car packed in case the rain and wind become too much. >> not sure that i want to stay where i'm camping because there's like seven big oak trees hanging over my place and i'm just not feeling -- i've lived through enough disasters. >> reporter: crews rush to repair downed power lines off highway 9 and remove branches hanging over homes. cal fire has prepositioned crews throughout the santa cruz mountains. other cruise from counties, including marin rescue, have also deployed to respond to any damage from projected 60-mile-an-hour winds. the sheriff says unfortunately 261 pe