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All residents of the coastal community of Montecito, Calif., were ordered to evacuate their homes Monday due to historic flooding that has killed at least 12 people across California in the past few weeks. .
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The evacuation order targets communities in Montecito and the surrounding canyons in southern Santa Barbara County, northwest of Los Angeles. This is because continuous rains increase the threat of landslides.
According to National Weather, heavy rains could cause “life-threatening flash flooding of creeks and creeks, urban areas, highways, roads and underpasses,” so a flash flood warning will be in place until 4:45 p.m. Pacific time Monday. has been issued. service.
The order affects about 10,000 people in Montecito and the surrounding area.
Montecito is famous for being home to many celebrities, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres.
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It is not clear when the order will be lifted.
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About 90%. According to CNN, about 10% of the US population in California received flood-related weather updates on Monday.
main background
This is the latest round of rain that California has dealt with since late December due to a series of winter storms that have hit the state. 400 to 600% above, the National Weather Service reports, with more rain likely through Tuesday. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said on Sunday that 12 people had died because of the weather. In California he has more than 100,000 blackouts, according to PowerOutage.us. The cause of the great flood was a series of systems called “atmospheric rivers”. This is a narrow band of storm that travels long distances and produces large amounts of rain. Forecasters expect another system to hit the state this weekend.
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Five years after the landslide that killed 23 people in Montecito, an evacuation order was issued.
References
90% of Californians under flood watch as another storm threatens landslides, power outages and deadly flooding (CNN)
Extreme weather has killed 12 Californians in the past 10 days, Governor Newsom says (CBS News)
