Officials have warned that the fires raging across LA could soon get worse, with the ‘highest risk’ of gusty winds to intensify on Wednesday.
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WildfiresarecontinuingtoravagepartsoftheLosAngelesarea.PATRICKT.FALLON/AFPviaGettyImages
Firefightersarebracingforstronggustsofwinds,fuellingthedeadlyLAfires.Thefireshaveburnedthrough40,000acresandcouldcostupto$275billionindamage.Over8,500firefightershavebeendeployedtofighttheblazes.25peoplearereporteddead.OfficialshavewarnedthatthefiresragingacrossLosAngelescouldsoongetworse,withthe“highestrisk”ofgustywindstointensifyonWednesday.
Thewildfires,whichhavenowbeenragingformorethanaweek,havealreadyburnedthrough40,000acresanddestroyedmorethan12,000homesandotherstructures.
PreliminaryestimatesfromAccuWeathershowthetotaldamageandeconomiclossesassociatedwiththeSouthernCaliforniawildfirescouldamountto$275billion,makingitoneofthemostcostlywildfiresandnaturaldisastersinrecentUShistory.
AccordingtoGoldmanSachs,thetotaldamagefromtheLAfirescouldrankamong
