Southern California is battling catastrophic wildfires fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds. The Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires have ravaged thousands of acres, destroying homes and forcing evacuations. Multiple burn victims have been hospitalized, and a firefighter sustained critical injuries. President Biden has directed FEMA to provide assistance.
Southern California is under siege as a terrifying inferno, fueled by the wrath of hurricane-force winds, threatens to consume everything in its path.State authorities have yet to fully assess the carnage, but harrowing images emerging from the hardest-hit areas around Los Angeles reveal a grim reality of a landscape of devastation.
RELATED: Palisades fire: Newsom declares state of emergency, thousands evacuatedThe crisis deepened before dawn Wednesday, casting a pall of smoke over the region. More than 300,000 residents are now plunged into darkness as power outages cripple the region, and that number continues to climb as the fires advance.The battle against these apocalyptic blazes is far from over.
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