January 2025.
Huge wildfires strike Los Angelese, seen here burning into their fifth day.
While Los Angeles is no stranger to wildfire, they used to burn only in the summer months, fanned by the dry Santa Anna winds.
These wildfires are burning in the heart of winter, and in just the first five days have scorched hundreds of thousands of acres.
They have displaced equivalent numbers of people, destroyed around 20,000 structures many of which were homes, and killed dozens of people.
Particularly hard hit is the Pacific Palisades area to the west of the city and Altadena in the north.
A massive firefighting effort is underway on the ground and in the air.
Dozens of helicopters and fixed-winged aircraft are dropping water and flame-retardant to help contain the fires.
This is shaping up to be one of the most devastating fires in the region with potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in damages.
While wildfires are natural to this region, the changing climate has exacerbated them, particularly through a phenomena called weather-whiplashing.
In weather whip-lash, extreme rainfall exacerbates plant growth and then extreme heat kills off the plants, creating a huge source of tinder-dry fuel.
While firefighters hope for weather changes to help bring the fires under control, reigning-in climate change is a whole different story.
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