California Wildfires Live Updates: Costliest in US History at $150 Billion

California Wildfires Live Updates: Wildfires have scorched California's Los Angeles, reducing about 12,000 structures to rubble and claiming thousands of lives as the death toll crossed eleven. This inferno began last Tuesday, feeding partly on gusty winds from the Santa Ana winds. The fires subsided on Thursday, and forecasts suggest a possibility of rekindling later this weekend.

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The monetary fallout from the destruction is still uncertain, with an estimated $135 billion to $150 billion by a private weather data firm, AccuWeather. But, government sources have yet to estimate costs for the damages.

More than 5,300 structures, including celebrity homes of Jamie Lee Curtis and Billy Crystal, have found their fates in the damage or destruction in the hilly coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.

Of more than 7,000 structures set ablaze on the northern side of Pasadena, the list of categories included homes, apartment, or commercial buildings and vehicles.

Were that over 150 thousand people in evacuation orders ¿Friday really said officials.

Populating the air quality advisory and dust advisory in Southern California are 17 million people.

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More than 175,000 customers had their homes and businesses in Southern California without power due to outages. Almost half of them come from Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger noted that becoming altruistic in helping people displaced by the fires could come with fraudulent schemes. "It brings out the best of people, but it's also very horrible because it brings out the worst," Barger said. For ways to help, she said, people could check LAWorks.com/2025fires.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of Britain were seen hugging and mingling with emergency crews at the Pasadena Community Centre in Los Angeles.

"Saddened by the loss of life and the widespread destruction," Pope Francis said, according to Vatican's number two Pietro Parolin.

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