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Spare by Prince Harry review – magical thinking in Montecito

The blockbuster memoir may be a literary success, but it represents an abject failure of insight, writes former Vanity Fair editor and author of The Palace Papers, Tina Brown

The Guardian - UK

California's system to defend against mudslides is being put to the ultimate test

California has seen hundreds of landslides this month. But the factors that make the state so vulnerable to landslides go well beyond the atmospheric rivers that have inundated the state.

WEKU

EXPLAINER: Tackling threat of mudslides in soaked California

The record rainfall in California has soaked its steep hillsides, causing hundreds of landslides and heightening the threat to communities

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A perilous paradise: In Montecito, fires, floods and mudflows leave wealthy town in fear

MONTECITO, Calif. — In the town of Montecito, where the median home costs $5 million, Bentley drivers leave their car windows open as they hop out to grab something from the market and residents refer to Gwyneth Paltrow as simply "Gwyneth," it's hard to imagine anything ever goes wrong here.…

Los Angeles Times

California flooding – live: Flash floods, sinkholes shut roads with more storms forecast as rain dents drought

Death toll likely to rise in California as deluge and flash floods set to continue

The Independent UK

Southern California digging out from days of relentless rain

LOS ANGELES — Residents across California’s Central Coast were allowed to return home Tuesday following a torrential storm that swamped the region with eye-popping amounts of rain and choked many roadways with mud and debris.

Los Angeles Times

Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like

Rivers of muddy water from heavy rainfall raced through city streets as thousands of people evacuated homes downhill from California’s wildfire burn scars amid atmospheric river storms drenching the state in early January 2023.

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Rescuers search for a 5-year-old swept away by floodwaters in California storms

More than 100,000 customers were without power and millions were under flood warnings as powerful storms continue to hit California. The death toll from recent storms is now up to 17.

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Five-year-old boy swept away by floodwaters as storm hits California

The child's mother was driving a truck when it became stranded in water near Paso Robles

Irish Mirror

California storms – live: Flash flood warning in San Francisco after Montecito and Santa Barbara evacuations

Succession of storms continue to batter southern and central California

The Independent UK

Ellen DeGeneres shares footage of raging torrent as storm hits star-studded Montecito: ‘This is crazy’

‘We need to be nicer to mother nature,’ TV host warns

The Independent UK

Ellen DeGeneres urges Montecito residents to be safe after ‘unprecedented’ rain

The US talk show host and comedian posted a video of herself from near her home, which she shares with spouse Portia de Rossi, beside a rushing river.

The Independent UK

Harry and Meghan among residents warned they may have to evacuate after Montecito mudslide

Ellen DeGeneres gives online update on the situation in the celebrity-laden area as 10,000 people are told to leave home as storms continue to batter the US coastline

Wales Online

Harry and Meghan among celebrities affected by Montecito evacuation order

LOS ANGELES — When Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle purchased a sprawling estate in Montecito for nearly $15 million in 2020, they didn't have this in mind.

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The Independent UK

‘This is crazy’: Ellen DeGeneres shares footage of raging torrent as storm hits star-studded Montecito

‘We need to be nicer to mother nature,’ TV host warns

Daily Mirror

Ellen DeGeneres in scary update as mudslides force Montecito residents to evacuate

A number of celebrities including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are among the 10,000 people being told to evacuate their homes in Montecito as storms continue to batter the area

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California city orders evacuation as US faces continued storms

The order, issued for the affluent coastal enclave of Montecito, comes five years after mudslides killed 23 residents.

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry and Meghan's California neighbourhood evacuated as storms strike

An evacuation order has been issued for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's California neighbourhood after huge storms battered the coastal area, causing flooding and mudslides

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Montecito ordered to evacuate as intense storm brings flood fears to Southern California

LOS ANGELES — All of Montecito was ordered to immediately evacuate Monday afternoon as a powerful winter storm brought heavy rains, damaging winds and threats of flooding to the already-soaked region.

Irish Mirror

Harry and Meghan's motives questioned by millionaire neighbours in California as rift with Royal Family deepens

The couple's neighbours in Montecito, California are 'starting to question' the couple's motives following their Netflix documentary and Harry's tell-all memoir

Daily Mirror

Harry and Meghan's US neighbours are 'questioning the motives' behind their media blitz

The fallout from Prince Harry's new memoir Spare has reportedly left many residents in the exclusive neighbourhood of Montecito, California, US, questioning the couple's motives

Daily Mirror

State of emergency declared as California storm knocks out power and people told to flee

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency to allow for a quick response, with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's home town of Montecito among those told to evacuate

Evening Standard

Where have Prince Harry and Meghan Markle lived together? From a Cotswolds farmhouse to a California compound

With the release of the Harry & Meghan documentary series last year, followed by the Duke’s memoir Spare, attention turned to the couple’s homes. Here’s where they have lived since going public with their relationship in 2016

Los Angeles Times

Meghan Markle shuts it down: There will be no ‘Real Housewives of Montecito’ for her

Waiting to watch Meghan Markle flip a table? Well, keep waiting, because the Duchess of Sussex says there’s no way she will be part of the “Real Housewives” franchise. Not even if it comes to her star-studded California hometown of Montecito.

Daily Mirror

Meghan and Harry 'have an attitude' feel some Montecito residents 'divided' over pair

After leaving the Royal Family in 2020, the 38-year-old Duke and 41-year-old Duchess of Sussex, relocated to the glitzy neighbourhood and moved into an expansive chateau

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