Wildfires are inevitable. The apocalyptic devastation seen in Los Angeles isn’t.
The Palisades Fire started recently in west Los Angeles. Driven by intense Santa Ana winds, the fire quickly spread into the residential area of Pacific Palisades. That fire, along with others in L.A., forced more than 175,000 residents to flee. The fire destroyed more than 9,000 structures. Hundreds of thousands of residents lost power. At least 24 people have died.
Raw statistics can’t describe the horror shown in video after video.