A neighborhood ravaged by the Palisades Fire.
AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
- The Los Angeles fires share a key feature with wildfires that burned down Lahaina, Hawaii and Paradise, California
- Powerful winds met flash-dried landscapes full of vegetation to fuel the flames.
- The climate crisis is increasing the odds of events like these.
The Los Angeles firestorms of the past week share a crucial feature with two of the most horrific wildfires in recent American memory.