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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. In Los Angeles, stronger winds are in the

forecast for the next 72 hours. That could complicate efforts by fire crews to contain the

major fires that continue to burn throughout the L.A. County.

Steve Futterman reports at least 24 people have been killed.

It is the one thing people here do not want.

The increased winds will continue for the next three days.

The strongest are forecast to come late Tuesday into Wednesday.

Because of the threat, fire crews are being

prepositioned in areas thought to be vulnerable. Ryan Chadwick is in the Manderville Canyon area.

Fires obviously continuing to go, but we're keeping it contained, keeping it away from the houses.

From here, right now things are looking good around these homes.

As strong as these winds will be, they are not expected to be nearly equal to the tremendously strong winds last week.

For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, as those winds pick up, the National Weather Service issued its most severe fire warning for parts of Los Angeles, critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions through Wednesday.

U.S. Supreme Court says it won't block a lawsuit in Hawaii that aims to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for damages caused by climate change.

In Pierce, Michael Copley reports,

dozens of similar cases have been filed in the U.S. against the oil and gas industry.

Honolulu is suing fossil fuel companies in state court

for allegedly misleading the public about the dangers

their products posed to the Earth's climate.

Honolulu says it's suffering as a result

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