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At least 25 people have been killed and more than 40,000 acres burned as the wildfires race through southern California for a ninth day ... into the worst natural disaster in California history ...
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From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [3] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.
The 2018 Camp Fire in the town of Paradise scorched more than 150,000 acres and was the deadliest wildfire in California's history. Ninety-five percent of the town burned in the fire.
Flames illuminate the night sky as a wildfire burns across a hillside in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 7, 2025. The most destructive fires in Los Angeles history kill at least five ...
Disaster Death toll Damage cost US$ Main article Location Notes 2025 Wildfire: 27+ ~$250 billion 2025 Southern California wildfires: Southern California: Most destructive wildfires in US history. 2024 Hurricane: 35 $85 billion Hurricane Milton: Florida, Georgia: Strongest Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico since 2005 2024 Hurricane: 199–241 $120 ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Pacific Palisades fire for Wednesday, Jan. 8. For the latest updates on the Los Angeles wildfires in California, please read USA TODAY'S live ...