The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office in California has confirmed the death of a Thai man, identified as Pinit Sutthithepa, 30, who was killed in a deadly mudslide in the southern California town of Montecito.

A SIX-YEAR-OLD Thai boy is confirmed to be among the latest fatalities from powerful mudslides in Southern California that have destroyed homes in a region already pummelled by massive wildfires.