Well, she starts now.

And good morning. It is Sunday, January the 12th. We begin this morning in Southern California again,

where firefighters gained crucial ground against the deadly wildfires overnight.

But more wind is coming, and the fires continue

to blaze through densely populated urban areas in and around Los Angeles at this hour.

Here's where things stand right now.

Officials say more than 12,000 structures have been destroyed or damaged since the fire began

on Tuesday.

Thousands more remain under threat.

Sixteen people are believed to have died due to fire-related causes.

These are already on track to become one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

I say these, because there are multiple fires in the same area. You can see those areas.

Basically, the part in the middle toward the bottom of your screen, that's the main part of

Los Angeles.

These fires are burning all around it.

The two largest ones are the Palisades fire.

That's at the bottom of your screen.

The Eaton fire at the top right of your screen.

They've consumed nearly 38,000 acres of land.

That's about 59 square miles.

Firefighters have made progress against these fires overnight,

but the Palisades fire still grew by 1,000 acres,

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