The Palisades Fire has rapidly intensified due to dry conditions and powerful winds, forcing evacuations and prompting the closure of some schools. Traffic congestion is reported as residents struggle to flee the blaze, which has trapped the community between mountainous terrain and Sunset Boulevard.
The Palisades blaze has exploded because of a combination of dry conditions and powerful winds, which are likely to strengthen further overnight. The Los Angeles Unified School District today said that some schools were being relocated to other locations because of the Palisades Fire. Pepperdine University, which was threatened by wildfire in December, is not under any threat today, but the university is monitoring the situation, the higher education institution said.
Getting out hasn't been easy for the people trying to flee the Palisades Fire. Gridlock is being reported along the only thoroughfares available. The exclusive coastal community is boxed in by mountainous state land to the east and Sunset Boulevard, which runs north to south alongside Pacific Coast Highway to the west. All roads connecting homes in the Pacific Palisades and the neighboring Sunset Mesa community, home to the Getty Villa museum, funnel onto PCH, creating a traffic nightmare on the best of days. During emergencies, residents have few routes to get out and must contend with firefighters and first responders rushing to the scene.Firefighters work to extinguish flames engulfing homes as people flee from the advancing brush fire by car and on foot, in the Pacific Palisades today.About 30 vehicles that had been abandoned on Sunset and Palisades will be cleared by dozers to improve access, the department said.The White House said today President Joe Biden's scheduled trip to the Coachella Valley desert to dedicate the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands national monuments has been postponed amid Southern California's windstorm. 'Today’s event will be rescheduled for next week at the White House so that key stakeholders can attend,' it said in a statement. Remarks prepared for today's event will be delivered in Los Angeles, where Biden, who arrived yesterday, was stayin
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