Beate Christine HofmannThe start of the Palisades and Eaton fires: 24 hours that changed Los Angelesverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Laura J. NelsonAs the sun rose on Jan. 8, the sky orange from ash and smoke, Angelenos anxiously waited for news about the extent of the damage from the Altadena and Pacific Palisades fires. It would take days to learn that the conflagrations had caused an unprecedented level of destruction, killing at least 28 …
Beate Christine HofmannLos Angeles wildfires: Residents sue over lack of water, but did this cause the devastation?verified_publisherEuronews - By Joanna BaileyEven before the wildfires are extinguished, LA residents look to blame a lack of water on the devastation. The Los Angeles wildfires have caused …
Beate Christine HofmannWildfire burn scars could trigger another natural disaster in Southern Californiaaccuweather.com - Brian LadaCalifornia is still reeling from wind-driven wildfires that raged through the Los Angeles area, but a shift in the weather could set off another …
Beate Christine HofmannLos Angeles Fires Force Us to Confront Our Dystopian Presentscientificamerican.com - Peter H. GleickBleak visions of a dystopian future offered up by science-fiction writers, TV shows and Hollywood disaster movies are no longer fiction. Real floods, …
Beate Christine HofmannTrump tours LA fire destruction amid worries about disaster aidverified_publisherBBC News - Anthony Zurcher & Gary O'DonoghuePresident Donald Trump travelled to California on Friday to survey the destruction from deadly wildfires that devastated several communities in the Los Angeles area earlier this month. The visit, coming at the end of Trump's first week back in office, took place as he continued to denounce the state …
Beate Christine HofmannTrump says California’s mismanagement of forests and water is to blame for wildfires. Here’s the reality.verified_publisherCNNCNN — As more than 60 square miles Los Angeles violently burned earlier this month, then-President Elect Donald Trump placed blame on a fish. Trump falsely implied in a Truth Social post that Los Angeles lacked the water to put out the fires because Gov. Gavin Newsom chose to protect an “essentially …