Meryl Streep had to take matters into her own hands when evacuating from the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this month, according to her nephew.

As containment and recovery from the wildfires in Southern California continue, many celebrities have shared harrowing stories about how they escaped the fires. Now, Meryl Streep's nephew Abe Streep revealed the drastic action that the Oscar-winning actress had to take in order to leave her property after the area received an evacuation order at the start of January.

Meryl Streep's nephew revealed the 75-year-old actress cut a "car-size hole" in a fence in order to escape the wildfires.

Climate change was a major factor behind the hot, dry weather that gave rise to the devastating LA fires, a scientific study has confirmed. It made those weather conditions about 35% more likely, according to World Weather Attribution - globally recognised for their studies linking extreme weather to climate change.

The recent wildfires in California were worsened by climate change, a new report found. The study, released Tuesday by the World Weather Attribution, found that human-caused climate change increased the chances of hot,

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