Even the villa of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle was evacuated due to the storm that has been devastating California for 10 days, with 12 victims.
Montecito, where the residence of the Duke of Sussex is located, "neighbor" of dozens of celebrities including Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry and Oprah Winfrey, is surrounded by hills which, five years ago, were devastated by numerous fires and that in these hours, precisely because of their fragility, they risk collapsing due to heavy rains.
For this reason, the firefighters ordered the residents to leave their homes.
Even in Santa Cruz County, near San Francisco, where a pier was destroyed last week, more than 30,000 residents were forced from their homes . The ground is completely waterlogged and the US Weather Service (NWS) has issued flood warnings over much of California.
US President Joe Biden on Monday approved the declaration of a state of emergency to facilitate assistance from the federal state.
(Unioneonline/D)