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The devastating Los Angeles wildfires are poised to become one of the costliest natural disasters in US history, with estimated losses already surpassing $135 billion. According to a preliminary estimate by private forecaster AccuWeather, the total losses could reach as high as $150 billion, making it…
New Delhi: Smoke rising above ruins, ash in the air, a burning smell and not enough firefighters – these scenes continue to be witnessed in Los Angeles as the number of lives claimed by massive wildfires climbed to 10. Whole neighbourhoods were burnt down and over…
As wildfires continue to rage across Southern California, consuming vast stretches of land and leaving devastation, a video has captured the plight of wildlife caught in the inferno. Originally shared by NBC LA, the footage shows a baby deer running through smoke-filled streets in Altadena, seemingly…
New Delhi: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sent firefighting resources to California as the state grapples with devastating wildfires. This comes despite the ongoing verbal duel between US President-elect Donald Trump and the outgoing Canadian Prime Minister. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of making…
New Delhi: The Los Angeles County Sheriff, Robert Luna, has likened the devastation caused by raging wildfires in the region to the aftermath of an atomic bomb. “It looks as though an atomic bomb dropped in these areas,” Mr Luna said on Thursday. Here are 10…
A 100-year-old iconic building, housing a Starbucks outlet,was reduced to ashes after a wildfire swept through Southern California and left a trail of devastation. At least five people died, and hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated amid reports of numerous homes and properties burnt to…
At least five people have been killed in rampaging wildfires around Los Angeles, officials said Wednesday, with firefighters overwhelmed by the speed and ferocity of multiple blazes. Up to 1,500 buildings have burned in fires that have broken out around America’s second biggest city, forcing over…
A beach house engulfed by the flames of the Palisades fire in California. (File) Hollywood, United States: People living in the heart of historic Hollywood were ordered to evacuate Wednesday as a new fire erupted just a few hundred meters (yards) from Hollywood Boulevard. “Immediate threat…
Dozens of evacuated Los Angeles residents stared incredulously at the thick cloud of black smoke blotting out the sun, scarcely able to believe the scale of the wildfires, and fearing that their homes could be destroyed next. They have gathered above Santa Monica Canyon, near the…
Los Angeles, United States: One of the five people killed in ferocious fires tearing around Los Angeles died trying to protect his home from the flames, his sister said Wednesday, describing the moment she had to leave him behind. Victor Shaw ignored firefighters’ pleas to flee…