The astonishing wave of cyclones that has been sweeping California in recent days and that have left the terrible number of at least 17 people dead, has especially affected the Montecito area, the neighboring town of Los Angeles that has become famous precisely for hosting a multitude of celebrities. Now, all of them have received an immediate evacuation order from the authorities.
Fierce storms are causing major landslides and flooding that are engulfing homesfor which the county of Santa Barbara has requested an emergency evacuation and the Montecito fire department has released an enlightening statement: “Go now! This situation is gaining strength very quickly. Pay close attention to emergency alerts ” .
It should not be forgotten that just five years ago other landslides occurred in the area that killed 23 people and destroyed about a hundred homes in the community where the celebrities live.
In fact, it is the place where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, among others, have lived since 2020 and where the Duke of Sussex has written the successful memoirs since they went on sale this Tuesday. For now, the couple’s spokesman has not wanted to respond to the request for comments from the media, although there are rumors that they would have already abandoned their property.
Not just them. Ellen DeGeneres, her neighbor, posted on her networks this Tuesday a video that was recorded next to the floods. “Montecito is under mandatory evacuation”, Title the post. “We are on higher ground, so we have been asked to seek shelter. Please stay safe everyone.”
Montecito is under mandatory evacuation. We are on higher ground so they asked us to shelter in place. Please stay safe everyone. pic.twitter.com/7dv5wfNSzG
— Ellen DeGeneres (@EllenDeGeneres) January 9, 2023
“It’s the fifth anniversary of the fire and landslides that killed so many people: they lost their homes, their lives. It’s crazy that on this anniversary we have these unprecedented rains. The creek by our house is never flowing like this . Mother Nature is not happy with us,” DeGeneres says in the clip that has gone up
In this area, which has received about 200 milliliters of rain, the presenter and producer Oprah Winfrey, the actresses Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow, the singer of Maroon 5 Adam Levine, the singer Katy Perry, the actor Rob Lowe, among other famous people , the filmmaker George Lucas or the comedian Larry David.
This Monday, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, issued an emergency declaration to try to counteract the effects of the storm surge.
