4.8 β’ 1000 Ratings
ποΈ 13 January 2025
β±οΈ 26 minutes
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0:00.0 | Let me be clear with you on this. |
0:01.2 | While we have seen some positive updates, |
0:03.6 | the LA fires are in no way over, |
0:05.5 | and the worst could be yet to come, |
0:07.1 | so there's a lot we need to talk about. |
0:08.4 | Starting with where we are right now, |
0:10.0 | because the fires have reportedly burned |
0:11.4 | over 40,000 acres for some 150,000 people to evacuate |
0:15.3 | and damage more than 12,000 structures. |
0:17.5 | But in fact, California Governor Gavin Newsom |
0:19.1 | saying he thinks that these fires will be one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. |
0:23.6 | And to that point, early accounting actually suggests that these fires may be the nation's costliest disaster ever in terms of damage and economic losses. |
0:30.6 | I mean, as much as $150 billion, according to a preliminary estimate by Accue Weather. |
0:35.6 | Though, of course, right, the destruction that we're seeing here, it's not all dollars and cents. |
0:39.0 | We're talking about human lives as well. |
0:40.7 | And there, unfortunately, as expected, the death toll has risen. |
0:43.5 | And now, 24 and counting. |
0:45.2 | With the eaten fire alone, killing 16 people, making it one of the deadliest in California's history, |
0:49.8 | and the Palisades Fire being responsible for the other eight deaths. |
0:52.6 | And this is the true death toll may be higher with, |
0:54.8 | I mean, at the very least, another 16 people being reported missing in the areas of the two fires. |
0:59.1 | Now, with all that, right, the good news that we've seen is that the firefighters have been making progress, |
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