the president and his administration are continuing to use every tool at our disposal to help fight these fires and ensure that the communities impacted are able to recover lafd battled all night on the palisades fire, i the hearst fire, the kenneth fire and airdrop efforts, - thank goodness, continue. we've been walking through the wreckage of pacific palisades. it's an extraordinary site. bits of it are still smoking. you think of all the memories and hang—outs with friends i as a kid and it's absolutely devastating. _ i'm heartbroken. los angeles is called a war scene by the

los angeles is called a war scene by the us los angeles is called a war scene by the us president los angeles is called a war scene by the us president as the fires raged on. at least ten people are known to have died. a night—time curfew has been imposed to try to prevent looting with police chief �*s warning of harsh penalties if the curfew is broken. around... we will hear from our reporter on the ground and speak to residents who have had to leave their homes. it means he won't go to jail but will still become the first us president to take office as a convicted felon. president biden has compared los angeles to a "war scene" as multiple wildfires continue to burn around the city. the first and biggest of those, the palisades fire which began on tuesday morning, covers

an area of around 20,000 acres and is just 8% contained. the eaton fire in the altadena neighbourhood is just 3% contained. that modest progress comes despite firefighters working around the clock, their efforts hampered by high winds. those winds have eased but forecasters warn they could strengthen again through the weekend. a night—time curfew has been imposed to try to prevent looting, and at a news conference earlier, officials also warned anyone flying unauthorised drones in the areas affected by the fires would face the full force of the law after a water scooping plane was damaged when it was hit by a drone. at least ten people have died and around 70,000 homes and other buildings are either destroyed, damaged or at risk. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth has been in the altadena neighbourhood and sent this report. los angeles is a city in shock,

thousands of people coming to terms with the once unimaginable. myjewellery box was right here. pete mitchell, an electrician at disneyland, and his wife angela have lived here for over ten years. oh, my god! ang, it survived. what? your little elephant box from thailand. this was their home before the fire. altadena was a pleasant los angeles suburb — a middle—class district, a far cry from the mansions and celebrity lifestyles on the other side of the city. it's devastating, of course. we saw images of it before, our neighbours had come in here before, but it's also the opportunity to rebuild, which is a hard road. but it can be done. i think we will do it. i hope we're rebuilding here. and i hope that we'll have what we can find that can be memories of the good times

we had in this home. it was a good home, it was a really good home. around them, fire crews are still patrolling the area, putting out spot fires. this is a city in deep crisis, with the emergency services stretched to the limit and lives totally upended. just a few doors away, another family surveying the damage. this was stephanie's home for more than four decades. but she says she is now focused on the future. we were very fortunate that we were able to get out in time. yes. everybody is safe and we do plan to rebuild, bigger and better. so we're grateful. we are praying for everybody because this isjust devastating. altadena is one of the number—one places to live. it is friendly, it is family—oriented. it is just a wonderful community. a block away, this house had recently seen new tenants move in.

it would have been in the middle bit of the closet, her wedding ring. tavia wineman and her family are now picking through the wreckage, salvaging the few keepsakes that have survived the intense heat. it's, like, overwhelming right now... ..because it is like decades and decades of, you know, building things and it's all gone. these are scenes repeated across huge swathes of this city. and with the emergency far from over. john sudworth, bbc news, altadena. let's go live to los angeles and join the bbc�*s helena humphrey. hello to you, and tell us what you have been seeing there today and what you've been hearing. today and what you've been hearinu. . , . ., today and what you've been

hearin. ., . ., ., hearing. the devastation, as ou can hearing. the devastation, as you can see _ hearing. the devastation, as you can see behind - hearing. the devastation, as you can see behind me, - hearing. the devastation, as you can see behind me, is i you can see behind me, is difficult to put into words. we know that the la county sheriff had said that it looks as if a bomb has gone off in some areas. this area exemplifies that. you can see over my shoulder here people getting out as quickly as they could for leaving behind their vintage cars. a little bit further on, you can perhaps make out a bathtub here, but i think what is so striking about this area is that actually much of it is unrecognisable from some of it still smoldering, it is difficult to see what is still here, at a time when the warnings from authorities are growing increasingly grim, we know that there are ten confirmed fatalities. but police have said that they are expecting that number to grow because they have not been able to reach some of the hardest hit areas, difficult to even wrap your head around, isn't it, the fact that there are areas even worse than this right now, or those blazes continue out of control right now? we have spoken to some

people will come back and they have been coming to the wreckage of their homes —— who have come back. finding nothing left. and it is really heartbreaking when you speak to, for example, children, and find it difficult to understand there is nothing left. 0ne there is nothing left. one little boy said to me, are they doing building work here? his mum had to explain, that is not building work, your school was here, this is our street, it is all gone, and they said this fire came down this mounting here, as you canjust fire came down this mounting here, as you can just see, fire came down this mounting here, as you canjust see, so quickly they've never seen anything move that quickly before and they had not had warnings, they said, from authorities. instead, text messages from neighbours, people checking in on each other before having to make that terrifying decision just to throw everything in the car at 2am. imagine your kids up, throwing them in the back of the car and just going. so, take a listen to part of that conversation i had with that family very sadly did lose their home here in altadena.

so, it was really terrifying when we got out, and my cousin was in an uber and she said when she was at the place, she saw people throwing up because she saw... because everybody was, like, seeing the fire. i remember that it was constantly on fire. like, it was going really fast. we had to go to our hotel to go. that's where my mum's work is, and then... the fire was getting really close here, and at 5am, there was a french teacher. like, he woke up at 5am, the fire woke him up, it was so close. so he ran out of the house and then he went somewhere else. and then suddenly, then our

house was on fire, and then itjust burned and stuff. it's so sad. i'm so sorry. you managed to find just one of your toys, didn't you? can you show me? what did you find? so i found this, and this. my brother found this. i'm so sorry. that's all that remains. they had so many toys that were out here. . that little trash - can thing over there was overflowing with toys. everything'sjust gone. it's heartbreaking. when we were leaving, they wanted to bring their toys, i said, "there's no space for toys, we've just got to go," so i grabbed pillows, just in case we had to sleep in the can _ you know, luckily my husband went and bought them a new toy and happy about that i did grab one toy for each of them, so at least

they have a sense of comfort and some sort of enjoyment. but right now, they don't... i don't think they understand the concept of their home no longer being there. and as you can see, it is just destruction as far as the eye can see here. in terms of containment, in the palisades fire, we looking at 8% containment right now. you're altadena, 3%. it is moving in the right direction, but of course just such a long way from being under control. helena, as adults, difficult to really take in the extent of this, let alone a young child, and ijust wonder as this, let alone a young child, and i just wonder as you've spoken to other people today, do you feel that they are in a state of limbo, a state of shock, or are they thinking in terms of practical matters, the question of talking to insurers, what they do next, do they rebuild, although sorts of questions?— questions? they are doing all of those things, _ questions? they are doing all of those things, they're - of those things, they're speaking to insurers, they are

have been some difficult days for some people because recently some insurance was separated out into notjust getting insurance for natural disasters but it having to be separate for earthquakes, for hurricanes, for wildfires and so on, so that is a fresh headache for them, but when you asked him the question of, what is next, how do you rebuild, generally, you just get a sense of exasperation, exhaustion. it is so difficult to confront those questions right now, and this is in southern california where people are used to wildfires, but they all tell me they had never seen anything like this. the motherjust saw there in that clip was saying to me that she had always thought that she was living in a state that was pretty climate savvy, really was taking policies with care for the future, but she says now she is also concerned about, will it be enough when they see this level of devastation which of course is so unprecedented?

helena, thank you very much. helena, thank you very much. helena humphrey in altadena in los angeles. someone who has seen the damage up close is tanner charles. he is a storm chaser who a few days ago helped his friend 0rly evacuate from his home in the palisades. that first fire started off. tanner joins that first fire started off. tannerjoins us now. thank you very much, and i know you and yourfriend filmed very much, and i know you and your friend filmed that dash from the burning home or come as it was about to be consumed by the flames and then running along a road where all the homes were on fire. tell us where you are now and how you are. . . ~' where you are now and how you are. . . ~ _, where you are now and how you are. . . ~ i. ., . are. yeah, thank you for having me. currently _ are. yeah, thank you for having me. currently i _ are. yeah, thank you for having me. currently i am _ are. yeah, thank you for having me. currently i am in _ are. yeah, thank you for having me. currently i am in the - me. currently i am in the palisades. i was brought up here by some other news agencies to do some interviews and that kind of thing, and so, iam in and that kind of thing, and so, i am in the vehicle right now, but being here from this is my second time being... it is surreal. there is literally

nothing left. my friend's neighbourhood is completely gone. there is maybe one house standing. it really feels like a war zone out here. mentally, i'm doing a lot better. the first two days, me and 0rly did not sleep at all, we did not get any sleep, it was just, there was just too much. what we experienced was just too much and so we kind of stayed up much and so we kind of stayed up and talk to each other and just processed with each other, and i think that was usually good, forjust like mental health and every thing else in general, but...— general, but... because you must have _ general, but... because you must have had _ general, but... because you must have had that - general, but... because you must have had that huge . general, but... because you i must have had that huge rush general, but... because you - must have had that huge rush of adrenaline as you fled the house, fled the home, and then to return and see the damage in the daylight, of course, is so shocking?— shocking? yeah, it was 'ust like rushing i shocking? yeah, it was 'ust like rushing out i shocking? yeah, it was 'ust like rushing out of i shocking? yeah, it wasjust like rushing out of there, i shocking? yeah, it wasjust| like rushing out of there, we stayed for as long as we felt safe. i did not feel scared whole time i mapped escape

routes and i'm a storm chaser and i have otherfriends routes and i'm a storm chaser and i have other friends that chase fires and i've done a few myself, and so just having might escape routes and understanding what was going on, we were in is a physician, but once i saw embers in the back yard and the whole back or go back yard and the whole back or 9° up back yard and the whole back or go up in flames, i knew it was over and we had to get out of there right away.— over and we had to get out of there right away. how does this fire compared _ there right away. how does this fire compared to _ there right away. how does this fire compared to other- there right away. how does this fire compared to other fires - fire compared to other fires that you have seen, other events like this where you see nature really taking a hold and upending the lives of so many people? upending the lives of so many eo - le? ., , upending the lives of so many . eo . le? ., , , people? yeah, this event is honestly — people? yeah, this event is honestly not _ people? yeah, this event is honestly not comparable i people? yeah, this event is honestly not comparable to | people? yeah, this event is - honestly not comparable to stop vastly more severe than anything i've ever seen. and even the nature of it and seeing some of the destruction, it's heartbreaking, it is really hard. the intensity and every thing of it was just something i've never seen here before. it is unprecedented how far and how fast everything spread. far and how fast everything s - read. �* , far and how fast everything

sread. �* , , ., far and how fast everything sread. �* , ., spread. and is your intention to stay in _ spread. and is your intention to stay in the _ spread. and is your intention to stay in the area, - spread. and is your intention to stay in the area, and - spread. and is your intention to stay in the area, and see i to stay in the area, and see what happens next, see perhaps if you can help your friend? yeah, semi—intentions are to hopefully volunteer with the red cross. there are other organisations i'm talking to as well, just to help in anyways i can. also being there for 0rly and his family. i know it is not accurate they are going through a lot right now, and so just being there emotionally, being there with whatever i can help donate my time or my energy took, like here —— i know they are going through a lot right now. i was originally specific to minnesota yesterday, but i decided to stay so i canjust yesterday, but i decided to stay so i can just help, yesterday, but i decided to stay so i canjust help, to be honest. ijust really want honest. i just really want to help the community and help everyone who has been affected. 0k, tender, good luck with that and thank you very much for talking to us on the context on bbc news. asi as i have been chatting to tender, you will of seen those

images of the firefighting cleans up in the air, originally, this was part of the reason why the flames were able to take hold and spread so fast, because of the high winds, those planes were not able to get up and drop wonder strategically on the flames, but there has been a bit of a low in the winter, so those planes have been able to, which is why we are seeing some progress —— 0l in the wind. forecasters as we mentioned a few minutes ago are predicting that the winds could strengthen again through the weekend, so that raises all sorts of questions, doesn't it, about the ability to hold that containment but to hold the line where the firefighters have been it would make progress? so, some of these planes are going to reservoirs, they are scooping up huge loads of water and then they are guided to where, to drop that water, to make the best use of it, the best use of it in fighting these events wildfires

that we are seeing in la, first starting on tuesday morning. and we heard on a news conference earlier that one what are scooping plane had been hit by a drone, with some damage to its wings, so that is why we heard that warning from police chief saying that anyone who is flying unauthorised drones in these areas would be met with the full force of the law, but elite dramatic pictures there of those firefighting planes and helicopters in action —— really dramatic. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's continue with our coverage of those fires in los angeles, a couple of lines coming into us in the last few minutes. we are hearing that an evacuation order that was recently put in place for the

archer fire recently put in place for the archerfire in recently put in place for the archer fire in grenada recently put in place for the archerfire in grenada hills has been downgraded to an evacuation warning. so that is one piece of good news coming from the los angeles fire department. and we are also hearing that a public health emergency has been declared in southern california. that's been issued by the state health secretary. in a post from the health secretary, xavier becerra, he is saying his department stands ready to support the health and well—being of all californians impacted by these devastating fires. of course the quality of the air very poor as a result of the —— any health invocations of that. to help aid the emergency medical response. the powerful winds and parched ground after months of no rain mean that the california fires have been described as the perfect storm. today, it's been confirmed that last year was the hottest ever recorded — temperatures were 1.6 degrees higher than

the pre—industrial average. european scientists are warning that the paris climate agreement target of 1.5 degrees, to avoid the worst affects of global warming, is in danger of being permanently breached. let's speak now to mark maslin, the professor of earth system science at ucl. professor, thank you very much forjoining us. and i think there's a huge desire from people to understand more about how this happened and why it happened, how it spread so quickly. what can you tell us about that?— about that? isaac the most important _ about that? isaac the most important thing _ about that? isaac the most important thing is - about that? isaac the most important thing is that - about that? isaac the most. important thing is that climate change means that we are getting more water or less water, so the dry areas are getting drier, like california, and the wetter areas are getting wetter, and the fires in california are systematic of climate change. the fire system is usually march till 0ctober. except we are now injanuary and so what we had is three

months where there has been less than half a cent a metre of rain. that is half the size of rain. that is half the size of your thumbnail, and so therefore it is incredible he dry. tamayo combined that with the winds and you've been getting these huge fires region across california.— huge fires region across california. ., , california. yet, and in terms of our california. yet, and in terms of your reaction _ california. yet, and in terms of your reaction to _ california. yet, and in terms of your reaction to that - california. yet, and in terms of your reaction to that data | of your reaction to that data from eu climate scientist that we are in danger of permanently reaching that one degree target set in the paris climate agreement, how i is that risk and what can be done or can something be done to turn that around —— one .5 degrees target. around -- one .5 degrees taruet. . , , . . target. so, absolutely. we have been warning — target. so, absolutely. we have been warning about _ target. so, absolutely. we have been warning about breaching l been warning about breaching this lead for the last year or two, but he goes back to paris ten years ago when the leaders of the world knew exactly what they had to do. what we have to do is cut in half the global emissions by 2030, that is just in five years' time, and then by 2050, we have to get to net

zero carbon emissions. and so we know what to do we have to from fossil fuels to renewable energy as quick as possible to stop climate change getting away from us.— stop climate change getting away from us. wheat report all ear away from us. wheat report all year around — away from us. wheat report all year around on _ away from us. wheat report all year around on disasters - year around on disasters related to local warming in many, many different parts of the world, marked, but you think that what is happened in la, because it is la, because of the skill of the disaster, because of the dramatic images, do you think that is going to be a tipping point, even though we have got a us president, a new us president, about to move into the white house who is a climate change sceptic? the us is very interesting _ climate change sceptic? the us is very interesting because - climate change sceptic? the us is very interesting because the | is very interesting because the president does not have all the power. what is most interesting is even under the last trump presidency, the governors who looked after the people and the safety of the people in each of the states took climate change very seriously, and also you have to remember, the global

economy is going towards renewable energy, so in the us, evenif renewable energy, so in the us, even if the president said, no, we must use more fossil fuels of the if it is cheaper to use renewable energy of every company and state is going to move in that direction. so that i think is important to understand, that the us is not just the climate sceptic president.— just the climate sceptic resident. . , ., president. 0k, and in terms of that point _ president. 0k, and in terms of that point within _ president. 0k, and in terms of that point within the _ president. 0k, and in terms of that point within the question | that point within the question about, it is la, everyone knows where la is, do you think that is going to make this more of a tipping point? there are huge disasters all around the world but is this the one that might make a difference, that might wake people up to what needs to be done? i wake people up to what needs to be done? ~ , . be done? i think it is what we --eole be done? i think it is what we people up _ be done? i think it is what we people up in _ be done? i think it is what we people up in the _ be done? i think it is what we people up in the us. - be done? i think it is what we people up in the us. i- be done? i think it is what we people up in the us. i think. be done? i think it is what we people up in the us. i think itj people up in the us. i think it is really personal. what is interesting is, when a climate disaster happens in your country or in a country that's close to you, then that makes sense, it makes sense to people

and starts to wake them up, but remember, most of the natural people in the world, there's about 70%, according to the un, who accept climate change and want something to be done about it. it is only our politicians that are too slow to react. most people just think it is real, let's deal with it. real, let's dealwith it. there were some _ real, let's dealwith it. there were some conversations - real, let's dealwith it. there were some conversations a l real, let's deal with it. there i were some conversations a few months ago at the most recent cop climate summits, that those summits were too big, they were not doing enough to drive forward what needs to be done to tackle climate change. but do you think more is happening at a local level? so do you think more is happening at a local level?— at a local level? so there's a lot happening _ at a local level? so there's a lot happening at _ at a local level? so there's a lot happening at local - at a local level? so there's a lot happening at local level. | lot happening at local level. you now see that the uk has stepped up, we have now gone back to being one of the climate change leaders, we are seeing india and china also stepped up their addicts, going, hang on, there's a void that's going to be left by the us, perhaps stepping out of the climate change agreement, and therefore they can feel delete i feel that.

therefore they can feel delete ifeel that. —— they therefore they can feel delete i feel that. —— they can fill that. again, it is driven by the economy, it is driven by the economy, it is driven by the impacts, and so we are seeing lots of local action but also action at national level in key countries.— also action at national level in key countries. 0k, professor mark maslin, — in key countries. 0k, professor mark maslin, from _ in key countries. 0k, professor mark maslin, from ucl, - in key countries. 0k, professor mark maslin, from ucl, thankl mark maslin, from ucl, thank you very much for your time. pleasure. you very much for your time. pleasure-— pleasure. and continuing to look at pictures _ pleasure. and continuing to look at pictures of - pleasure. and continuing to look at pictures of those - look at pictures of those firefighting aircraft, planes and helicopters, smoke rising, but we are seeing some small signs that they are making progress. the big warning that comes with all of that, though, is the stronger winds that are forecast to strengthen again over the weekend and questions over the weekend and questions over what that might do to the firefighters efforts to try to contain these fires. much, much work ahead for all of those involved in this massive effort. stay with us here on bbc news. much more on this story and the rest of the day's main news. hello there.

after the coldest night of the winter so far, temperatures didn't get much above freezing today, and it's still really quite icy where we've got this covering of snow over the hills of northern england and into scotland as well. but the cold weather will come to an end in the next few days. gradually this weekend, it will turn milder in northern ireland, then scotland and then early next week, temperatures should be lifting across england and wales as well. at the moment, though, with the clear skies and light winds, temperatures are falling very sharply for many parts of the country. mist and fog patches are forming. we do have this band of cloud though, in the west. that's going to bring some wetter weather towards northern ireland later on. but ahead of that, with those clearer skies, we've got another widespread moderate to severe frost. temperatures could get as low as —16 across some inland parts of scotland, and an added winter hazard is some freezing fog, developing overnight and lingering through tomorrow across parts of the midlands and eastern england, where that fog lingers. it will feel particularly cold for these areas, but there will be some

sunshine, at least for a while, across eastern scotland, northern england, down through the midlands towards the southeast, there is more cloud out towards the west it does turn there is more cloud out towards the west. it does turn brighter in northern ireland. some wintry weather arrives over the hills in western scotland. temperatures in northern ireland, probably reaching seven degrees. but ahead of that cloud and with that cloud across much of the uk, temperatures are going to struggle to around one or two celsius. that colder air is trapped underneath that area of high pressure. until that moves, we're not going to see the milderair coming in, but towards the north west of the uk. the winds are starting to pick up on sunday. there is milder air on the way towards northern ireland in particular. it could well be some mist and fog to start the day before the wind picks up. the cloud increases a bit of rain towards the northwest of scotland, more cloud coming into scotland. still the risk of some patches of fog for the midlands and eastern england — otherwise, it's still dry with some sunshine. temperatures not quite as low as they have been, but typically 4—5 degrees milder for western scotland, northern ireland, west wales and the southwest of england. this milder west—to—southwesterly wind is then going to push down

across the whole of the country early next week, as the high pressure and the cold air retreats into central europe. so, temperatures above average, with a bit of rain at times for scotland and northern ireland, and those temperatures creeping up. still cloudy for england and wales.

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