Welcome to the NewsHour. Fast-moving wildfires in the Los Angeles area have created extreme conditions for millions of people and are being blamed for at least two deaths.

As of this evening, there are about 400,000 homes without power and more than 100,000 people evacuated because of four different fires.

Stephanie Sye is there and has this report.

Across the Los Angeles region, the skies were covered in smoke as fast-growing wildfires

spread from winds that gusted to nearly 100 miles per hour. Pat and Cal Abe evacuated from

their home in Santa Monica last night near where the

Palisades fire raged. Definitely very scary, feeling ominous and, you know, heard lots of

explosions and flames up above us on the canyon wall. It's just devastating. This fire destroyed an estimated

1,000 structures, including a high school, as thousands of residents raced to escape amid heavy

traffic. Winds were so strong that firefighting aircraft had to be grounded on Tuesday night.

Earlier today, flights were back in the air as winds decreased, according to L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. But gusty conditions are expected to resume, with a red flag warning in the region through tomorrow night.

Local officials said fires were responsible for at least two deaths and a high

number of serious injuries and Los Angeles fire department chief

Kristen Crowley warned that emergency services were stretched to the limit

we're absolutely not out of danger yet with the strong winds that continue to push through the city and the county today,

I will tell you, and we are all committed to our first responders, our firefighters, will remain focused

on protecting lives and property. The Palisades fire is just one of several fires, mostly

uncontained in and around Los Angeles. In all, they have prompted the evacuation of more than 100,000 residents,

a number that has been growing all day.

We're in Santa Monica right now to Friends House,

and certainly as they started extending the evacuations down into Santa Monica,

you know, and then you have to start thinking, okay, well, where are we going to go now?

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