Hello, Welcome to The Independent's weekly climate roundup. At least 10 people have been killed by the fast-moving wildfires tearing across the Los Angeles area, scorching thousands of acres of land including multi-million dollar homes. The Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive natural disasters the city has ever seen, was at a mere six percent containment on Friday. The fire has burned at least 19,978 acres, while the Altadena and Pasadena-based Eaton fire has scorched some 13,690 acres. Follow our live coverage here Los Angeles Sheriff Robert Luna said fire-ravaged neighborhoods in west L.A. "look like a bomb was dropped in them." Numerous California customers remained without power on Thursday, with roughly 115,895 outages in Los Angeles County and another 32,725 or so in neighboring San Bernadino County. |
Destruction left behind by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles |
As fires rage, misinformation is also increasing. The outbreak of a new inferno in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday afternoon led to the spread of fake pictures and videos across social media claiming that the iconic Hollywood sign is ablaze. Those images are fake and, at the time of writing, the legendary landmark is safe from the flames. More news: |
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California is burning – again. This time, in the middle of January, scorching homes in one of the wealthiest regions in the world. Flames are threatening Hollywood landmarks, devouring multimillion-dollar mansions and forcing more than 130,000 residents to flee. Thick smoke has turned the city's iconic skyline into a dystopian haze. By now, at least 10 people had been killed, at least 2,000 buildings scorched, and more than 330,000 left without power. Everyone you speak to is saying the same thing: wildfires are a part of California's identity, but this is the worst they've seen. |
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