Devastating wildfires continue to rage across Southern California, claiming at least 24 lives. Strong winds pose a significant threat, hindering firefighting efforts.
At least 24 people have died in a set of devastating Southern California wildfires, as crews have begun to make some progress in containing the blazes in Los Angeles County—though strong winds forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday could extend the risk into next week. Some 24 people have been reported dead in the two most severe blazes—16 from the Eaton Fire and eight from the Palisades Fire—the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office said Sunday, up from 16 deaths a day earlier.
Authorities will start drawing up plans for evacuated residents to return to their neighborhoods “first thing Thursday,” after another bout of heavy wind subsides, County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said in a meeting. it expects a “particularly dangerous situation” in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties from early Tuesday morning to midday Wednesday—with red flag warnings in place for other parts of L.A. County (though conditions should be less windy than last week, when the fires started). Some 16 people have been reported missing to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Robert Luna said, but the number could increase—Luna also urged people to stay out of evacuation areas, saying they “literally look like war zones,” with downed power lines, still-smoldering fires and other hazards. Crews have made some progress in containing the fires, with the Palisades Fire 11% contained and the Eaton Fire 27% contained—both up from days earlier—the Hurst Fire 76% contained and the Kenneth Fire 90% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told CNN, “the winds are potentially getting dangerous and strong again,” adding that the firefighters’ response in the coming days “all depends on the weather.” Strong winds are expected Sunday morning before dying down through the day and increasing again late Monday into Tuesday, the says, issuing a “red flag warning” for potential “critical fire weather conditions” for parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties through Wednesday, though possible rain later in the week could help tame the fires. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said during a press conference at least 11 people have been killed in the wildfires and at least 13 people are missing, though it’s not immediately clear whether or how many of those are related to the fires. in municipal water systems” during the fires, also requesting reviews of preparation and response procedures taken by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, as well as Los Angeles County Officials., which was covering about 32 acres late Friday morning, was described as burning an area of'light to medium brush, with erratic winds reported' and prompted a mandatory evacuation order and several evacuation warnings about 40 minutes after it was first reported. The fire is close to the Hurst Fire, which has burned about 800 acres since Tuesday, and is located northwest of downtown Los Angeles.the death toll for the fires is still expected to rise, though it’s not clear how significantly: “There are still a lot of people who are unaccounted for. We don’t know where they are,” he said. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said FEMA has pledged to reimburse disaster relief expenses; the Palisades Fire has expanded to more than 20,000 acres, with about 8% contained, and the Eaton Fire increased to nearly 14,000 acres with 3% contained. Kevin McGowan, director of Los Angeles County’s Office of Emergency Management, apologized during a press conference for an evacuation alert mistakenly sent to millions of county residents at about 4 a.m. local time, saying the error was “not human driven” while acknowledging “an extreme amount of frustration, fear and anger.”by Maxar on Thursday night showed the scale of devastation caused by fires so far as Cal Fire’s latest update says the blazes have destroyed more than 10,000 structures, including homes and businesses.he has approved Newsom’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration, adding that it will allow “folks impacted by the Southern California wildfires to get cash assistance to cover things like groceries and medicine.”The Kenneth Fire has grown in size to cover nearly 1,000 acres, according to Cal Fire’s latest update, but firefighters have managed to contain 35% of the blaze.Nearly 100,000 homes and businesses in Los Angeles County and around 20,000 in neighboring Ventura County still remain without power early on Friday, according to the fire fighting plane struck by a civilian drone was the SuperScooper—an amphibious plane which can scoop up water from a river or lake and aerially dump it on a fire—and has been grounde
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