Satellite images show entire houses reduced to rubble in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, and smoke plumes from the Palisades and Eaton fires.
Satellite images are providing a unique and heartbreaking view of the devastation in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena and Pasadena from two wildfires that have
Satellite imagery shows neighborhoods burned down, roads closed, and fires spreading across Los Angeles.
Satellite images show the extent of devastation from multiple wildfires burning in Los Angeles County. The fires have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of structures.
As of Friday morning, fires continued to rage across at least 35,000 acres, with the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles’ affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena and Altadena covering 19,978 acres and 13,690 acres, respectively.
Newly released satellite imagery provides a chilling depiction of the destruction left by wildfires that have been raging across parts of Los Angeles County, California.
Photos from the path of destruction highlight the mounting loss and how some California communities are forever changed.
Entire swathes of the city are too dangerous to access and the thickness of smoke makes it hard to see far. But from space the enormity of the destruction is made clear. Satellite imagery company Maxar Technologies has shared pictures taken from space that show just how bad the wildfires have been.
The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area rose to 16 as crews battled to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward
Satellite images captured on Thursday, January 9, showed the devastating impact of the Los Angeles fires, which destroyed entire neighborhoods, forced thousands to evacuate, and claimed at least five lives.
Light breezes were fanning the flames, but the National Weather Service warned that strong Santa Ana winds — the nemesis of firefighters — could soon return.
The Los Angeles wildfires continue to burn out of control, with the death toll now at seven and expected to climb. Nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and at least 10,000 buildings have been destroyed, L.A. Sheriff Robert Luna stating in a press conference that some of the impacted areas "look like a bomb was dropped in them."