Hi there, everyone. It's Fort Rock in New York one week after the earliest warning signs

and six days after the first sparks of wildfires that have now turned life completely

upside down for hundreds of thousands of people living in America's second largest city.

Fears are rising about what happens next in what California's governor describes as one of the

worst natural disasters in U.S. history. A new round of high winds beginning tonight now threatens

to feed the flames of the major wildfires in the L.A. area

and push back some of the progress firefighters were able to make over the weekend.

The Palisades Fire is now 14% contained.

The Eaton Fire, that's the one burning near Pasadena, is now 33% contained.

And the number of people under mandatory evacuation orders has dipped a bit as well to just below 100,000.

The extraordinarily high winds are expected to last through Wednesday. Officials are promising to be prepared.

We're not in the clear. I want to make sure of that. We are not in the clear as of yet, and we must not let our guard down. As we have right now extreme fire behavior, and we need to make sure that the community is staying updated with the most information, updated information as well.

Follow all evacuation warnings and orders without delay. And please, please stay safe.

Now ahead of tonight, fire crews are being deployed to areas considered vulnerable to the

wildfires and at various fire

stations throughout Los Angeles. Another concern for officials there, criminal activity.

34 people have been arrested, including one for impersonating a firefighter while burglarizing a home.

All of this is happening in the middle of a search for survivors.

24 people have been found dead. 23 people are right now missing. All of them are believed to be adults. Now, the

confluence of threats and issues for law enforcement and firefighters means that L.A. is in dire

need of help wherever it can get it. More than 2,000 National Guard members from

California, Wyoming, and Nevada have been deployed there, and firefighters are arriving to

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