Ellen DeGeneres shared horrifying clips of floodwaters around her home in Montecito, California, which has been placed under mandatory evacuation following heavy rains.
“Montecito, the whole town has been completely evacuated,” she said in the clip, while the muddy deluge was filmed behind her. “This is the five-year anniversary of the fire and landslide that killed so many people…and people lost their homes and lives,” he said, referring to the deadly mudslide that killed 20 people in 2018.
Looking back in horror at the rushing water, he said, “This is madness. It is raining unprecedentedly here. This creek next to our house never flows, ever. It’s probably up about 9 feet and it’s going to go up another 2 feet.
He said he and wife Portia de Rossi are prepared to evacuate, but for now have been asked to shelter in place because they are on higher ground.
“We need to be nice to Mother Nature,” she said, “because Mother Nature is not happy with us,” DeGeneres concluded. “Let’s all do our part. Stay safe, everyone.
The Santa Barbara County town, which has a population of about 8,200, is also home to Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Five inches of rain, part of what has been called an “atmospheric river,” has fallen in the area since this morning, with more expected Monday night, Yahoo Report. The evacuation order also includes Toro Canyon, Sycamore Canyon and Padaro Lane. weather channel,
The recent rains have already caused severe damage and flooding san francisco areaHighway 101 was declared a “moving river”. Los Angeles County Not that severely affected, but have seen damaged piers, broken roads and uprooted trees.
