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California wildfire live updates: Los Angeles area on alert as high winds fan the flames
Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the Greater Los Angeles area.
How Dangerous Winds Fuel Los Angeles Wildfires
Containing wildfires—never mind extinguishing them—in parched and windy conditions can be monstrously difficult. Dry vegetation is rocket fuel for blazes and wind both feeds the flames and spreads the embers. “The winds are like pointing an air blower at a fireplace,” says Gershunov, “except it’s not contained and it’s on a much larger scale.”
Los Angeles wildfires: in pictures
The first sign of worry for many was thick smoke blowing down from the hills of the affluent Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, which borders Santa Monica and the famous Malibu coast. LA residents are accustomed to wildfires but the Palisades fire spread rapidly out of control.
Video: Los Angeles authorities hold a news conference on the spread of the wildfires – watch live
Los Angeles authorities hold a news conference on the spread of the wildfires – watch live Officials give a news conference as wildfires continue to rage on in Los Angeles. Firefighters are in a race against time as the strong Santa Ana winds that fanned the flames are due to return this week.
Aerial footage reveals fire-scorched forests in Los Angeles
Aerial footage shows a charred forest in the Palisades area of Los Angeles, highlighting extensive wildfire damage. At least 24 people have died in what California Governor Gavin Newsom called the most devastating natural disaster in U.
Los Angeles wildfires: Aerial videos show firefighting efforts and devastation
Video above shows National Guard from inside the cockpit of a firefighting plane dropping retardant on the Palisades Fire in California. Planes that drop firefighting chemicals and crews ready to pounce on hotspots were positioned across the city and the parched,
Video: LIVE: Aerial view of wildfires in the Los Angeles area
Aerial view of wildfires in the Los Angeles area Credit: ABC7 Los Angeles Live aerial view of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. The blazes have killed at least 24 people so far and destroyed thousands of homes.
Los Angeles wildfires: Firefighters face several more critical hours of Wednesday’s dangerous winds
The Eaton and Palisades fires are now the most destructive wildfires in Southern California history, according to Cal Fire.
New wildfires erupt in California as flames continue to rage across Los Angeles
Three new wildfires have started in southern California since Monday as dry conditions and destructive winds continued to ...
Wildfire weary Los Angeles residents face 'last really windy day': Live updates
Though winds were weaker than predicted Tuesday, firefighting crews awaited the return of dangerous winds that could fuel new ...
Fire-scarred Los Angeles is under another rare warning as winds pick up
The Eaton Fire burning just north of Los Angeles and the Palisades Fire that destroyed much of the seaside LA neighborhood of ...
Wind gusts, humidity may test firefighters battling Los Angeles blazes
The threat of powerful wind gusts, combined with bone-dry humidity, in Los Angeles on Wednesday could test firefighters who ...
Los Angeles wildfires: 'Life-threatening,' powerful winds bring elevated fire risk
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said Tuesday that “life-threatening and destructive and widespread winds” ...
Los Angeles wildfires live updates: A final round of dangerous fire weather and dry conditions is in the forecast
Millions of Southern Californians were on edge as a final round of dangerous fire weather was forecast for the region on ...
L.A. fires live updates: Strong winds bring threat of new blazes, more destruction to Los Angeles
The National Weather Service warns to “stay on guard for a fast-moving fire,” as winds may challenge containment efforts.
Los Angeles Braces for Heavy Winds Overnight as Fires Rage On
Los Angeles residents are hoping to avoid new blazes that would further complicate efforts to contain the historic wildfires ...
Warnings of 'fast-moving fire' after Los Angeles gets brief wind reprieve: Updates
Officials are bracing for the return of fierce Santa Ana winds as they try to contain large blazes in the Los Angeles area.
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Art has long found inspiration, and foreboding, in the Santa Ana winds
and the Santa Ana winds blow through it. It’s where the best Los Angeles writers have done their work: literati like ...