A viral video posted by Ellen DeGeneres<\/a> is drawing consideration to the extraordinary flooding hitting California amid a storm-related state of emergency.<\/p>\n The former speak present host posted a clip<\/a> of herself standing on the financial institution of a raging stream on her property in Montecito, the place different celebrities like Oprah and Prince Harry additionally reside.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s probably about nine feet up, and it could go another two feet up,\u201d DeGeneres mentioned within the clip, noting that this stream on her property normally \u201cnever flows.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tRead extra: <\/span> \n\t\t\t\tRead subsequent: <\/span> On Monday, 90 per cent of the state of California was underneath flood watch<\/a> and 1000’s have already been pressured to evacuate their houses, CNN reported. The atmospheric river-fuelled storm is being known as essentially the most spectacular storm in almost 20 years with many areas getting a month\u2019s price of rain in a single day, in line with the National Weather Service in Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Montecito, the place DeGeneres lives, was additionally put underneath evacuation orders on Monday, the five-year anniversary of an analogous lethal storm that hit the seaside city in 2018, claiming the lives of 23 individuals.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tRead extra: <\/span> \n\t\t\t\tRead subsequent: <\/span> \u201cThis is the five-year anniversary of the fire and mudslides that killed so many people and people lost their homes, their lives,\u201d DeGeneres mentioned. \u201cThis is crazy. On the five-year anniversary, we\u2019re having unprecedented rain.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tRising MMA star Victoria \u2018The Prodigy\u2019 Lee dies at 18<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n \n\t\t\t\tInflation has \u2018squeezed\u2019 Canadian wallets dry. What occurred?<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n \u201cWe need to be nicer to Mother Nature \u2019cause Mother Nature is not happy with us,\u201d she added. \u201cLet\u2019s all do our part. Stay safe everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n The official dying toll attributed to the storm rose to 14 on Monday and a five-year-old boy who was swept away from his mom\u2019s automobile by the floods remains to be lacking. He has not been declared useless, in line with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>, however the roughly seven-hour seek for him solely turned up a shoe earlier than water ranges have been too harmful for divers.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\")
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\n\t\t\t\t\tFlooding from big quantities of rain is seen in a neighborhood off of Holohan Road close to Watsonville, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.\t\t\t\t<\/span>
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