FILE - The FAA Control Tower at Santa Barbara Airport in December 2017.

LATEST Dec. 25, 11:20 a.m. Santa Barbara Airport officials posted on Facebook that the airport was back up and running: "All flights are cleared to resume normal operations," the post said. "Airlines have been notified and will work to resume service."

Dec. 25, 9:05 a.m. As high winds and torrential rain swept through much of California, one major airport’s runways flooded overnight, forcing it to shut down entirely early Thursday morning. 

Santa Barbara Airport first closed down in the middle of the night, it reported in a Facebook post: “As of 1:15am, Santa Barbara Airport is........

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