Thousands evacuated from California wildfire areas as storm moves in

About 21,000 people have been evacuated from neighbourhoods beneath hillsides laid bare by California’s largest wildfire and other recent blazes as a storm raises fears of flash floods and debris flows.

About 21,000 people have been evacuated from neighbourhoods beneath hillsides laid bare by California’s largest wildfire and other recent blazes as a storm raises fears of flash floods and debris flows.

Robert Lewin, director of Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management, is urging residents of Summerland, Carpinteria and Montecito to leave by mid-Monday local time.