Powerful Winds Fuel Multiple Fires Across Los Angeles Area

LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 18: The ruins of a hillside home with an ocean view are seen at night after it burned down in the Palisades Fire on January 18, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Twenty-seven people are confirmed killed by wildfires in Los Angeles County so far as urban search and rescue teams continue combing through the destruction. Historic wildfires driven by dry conditions and powerful Santa Ana winds destroyed homes by the thousands, beginning January 7. The region has had virtually no significant rain since last winter, lowering the moisture content in the local chaparral habitat vegetation and increasing its flammability. Scientists say that fluctuating years of extreme weather conditions - record drought years broken by record or near-record rainy winters - is fueled by worsening human-caused climate change. No rain is in the forecast at this time and communities are bracing for a possible return of dangerous fire weather next week. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)