Massive Los Angeles fires rage on even as Hollywood blaze retreats

The time wasted on erroneous news reporting on this false social media claim is disappointing given that Californians are still dealing with the trauma and devastation of the ongoing SoCal wildfires and are seeking factual information about how to keep them and their families safe as this tragic situation continues to develop,

the spokesperson said in a statement to the newspaper

The weather channel unknowingly shows DECEASED REMAINS live on air when showing the devastation from the California Palisades fires! Do you guys think that is what I think it is

one X user wrote on Thursday

Humanity is in charge of its own destiny…how we respond to the climate challenge should be based on evidence,

said Buontempo

Our data points clearly to a steady global increase of greenhouse gas emissions and these remain the main agent of climate change.”

Said Laurence Rouil, director of the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service, in a statement

This is a perfect storm of fire weather: a combination of plentiful and extremely dry fuel,

says Kalmus

As our planet continues to heat up, droughts are getting more intense in some regions of the world,

says Peter Kalmus, climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

All of the internationally produced global temperature datasets show that 2024 was the hottest year since records began in 1850,

said Carlo Buontempo, director of Copernicus’s European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), in a statement that accompanied the release of the report

The Southwest U.S. has been in megadrought since 1999,

says Jonathan Overpeck, dean of the school for climate and sustainability at the University of Michigan

These high global temperatures, coupled with record global atmospheric water vapor levels…meant unprecedented heat waves and heavy rainfall events, causing misery for millions of people,

said Samantha Burgess, the ECMWF’s strategic lead for climate, in a statement

Joe Bidenpresident

I’m not in a position to answer that question,

Biden said Thursday when asked if Trump would continue to support California, per Politico

No words really—just a horror show. Some of the design choices we made here helped. But we were also very lucky,

Chasen wrote on the account @ChasenGreg

Also no vents or eaves and tempered glass windows. Lucky that there was bit more space from the neighbors—but unlucky that the neighbor pulled his car into driveway. Solid concrete perimeter wall probably saved us there."

Chasen replied

You have a sterile perimeter: no vegetation, except for the planters. You probably have a fire resistant roof and siding,

one user wrote in response to his post

They just told me that he was lying on the ground and that he looked serene, as if he was at peace,

Shari Shaw told KTLA

We found his bones, his whole body was intact,

his daughter Kimiko said to the station, which reported that Nickerson was discovered in his bed among the rubble and ash

Smoke and air pollution from wildfires can pose serious health risks, especially for children, the elderly, and those with respiratory conditions.”

The British Red Cross spokesperson said

Robert Lunasheriff

When we have an evacuation order by law, if you remain in that area, you are guilty of a misdemeanor. If you commit certain crimes, it could jump up to a felony,

Luna said

Taking advantage of evacuated communities is absolutely sick,

he said in a tweet

Things are only things. We got the people around. Right now, we're taking action. We're getting GoFundMes, a ‘clean up the Palisades’ GoFundMe. People are trying to make t-shirts that can raise money. We sat around yesterday, but now it's time to take action again, and there is things that can still be done,

Israel told Fox News host Trace Gallagher

You've got to battle. If the fight's coming to you, you bring the fight — and we had the hoses. We had the pillows all thrown out. The jacuzzi was ready to be dumped,

he explained