Kamala Harris Cancels Foreign Trip Due To California Wildfires

US Vice President Kamala Harris has canceled her upcoming trip to Singapore, Bahrain and Germany due to the ongoing wildfires in California, the White House said.

This comes after President Joe Biden made a similar decision a day earlier.

Biden canceled an upcoming trip to Italy where he was due to meet Pope Francis, Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.

“In response to the historic wildfires in Los Angeles, the Vice President has made the decision to cancel her and the Second Gentleman’s upcoming trip to Singapore, Bahrain, and Germany,” the White House said.

The canceled trip of Harris, who is from California, would likely have been her last as vice president before leaving office on January 20.

Los Angeles is facing the worst wildfire in its history that has thus far killed five people, led to the evacuations of 180,000 and consumed 31,000 acres (12,500 hectares).

Biden, who declared a major disaster in California, met with top administration officials to discuss the federal response.

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