Horrific wildfires have ripped through large swaths of Lose Angeles, whipped into a frenzy by especially strong Santa Ana winds.
Some gusts have reached over 100 miles per hour, vastly accelerating the blazes, and allowing embers to fly miles, setting new neighborhoods ablaze.
Thousands of evacuations have been ordered, and hundreds of homes destroyed, including many historic homes, iconic homes of celebrities, and more. Entire neighborhoods have been reduced to ashes in this scary and historic wildfire, which is nearly impossible to contain.
Climate change and a lack of water has exacerbated the conditions, which show the fragility of these fire prone areas.
Below are some harrowing and haunting photographs from the New York Times, and their intrepid and brave photographers.
Images © Copyright The New York Times, including Philip Cheung, Mark Abramson.
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3 Comments
That’s a terrifying story, we’re glad you’re safe. Wildfires are so destructive. Tragic to see it unfold in real time.
These fires are very sad….2-3 months ago the southeastern part of Brazil where I live also had a period with many fires in forests and sugar cane plantations…not as destructive as those in California, but equally frightening…for several weeks we had to breathe very low quality air…then came the “ash rains”, a new type of solid atmospheric precipitation…truly apocalyptic scenes…
We all know who is be hide this just awful