Before-and-after satellite images from Maxar Technologies capture a harrowing view of the devastation from space.
Satellite images are providing a unique and heartbreaking view of the devastation in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena and Pasadena from two wildfires that have
Photos from the path of destruction highlight the mounting loss and how some California communities are forever changed.
As of Friday morning, fires continued to rage across at least 35,000 acres, with the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles’ affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena and Altadena covering 19,978 acres and 13,690 acres, respectively.
New satellite images from Maxar Technologies show areas of vegetation that have been miraculously spared from the raging Southern Californian wildfires. Newsweek reached out to California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) via email for comment.
Satellite images show the extent of devastation from multiple wildfires burning in Los Angeles County. The fires have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of structures.
Multiple wildfires fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds, have killed 10 and burned more than 35,000 acres near Los Angeles. The winds, which occur most often in the fall and winter, push dry air from over the inland deserts of California and the Southwest toward the coast, the National Weather Service said.
More than 8 million people are in the critical fire risk zone. Southern California remains in critical fire danger in the coming days, as red flag warnings continue amid the dry and windy conditions that are fuelling deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
The images captured by Maxar Technologies showed smoke emitting from scores of houses and a blaze engulfing a vast area in Altadena.
Satellite imagery shows neighborhoods burned down, roads closed, and fires spreading across Los Angeles.
Entire swathes of the city are too dangerous to access and the thickness of smoke makes it hard to see far. But from space the enormity of the destruction is made clear. Satellite imagery company Maxar Technologies has shared pictures taken from space that show just how bad the wildfires have been.
The Los Angeles wildfires continue to burn out of control, with the death toll now at seven and expected to climb. Nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and at least 10,000 buildings have been destroyed, L.A. Sheriff Robert Luna stating in a press conference that some of the impacted areas "look like a bomb was dropped in them."