2025

Los Angeles wildfires

January 7, 2025

Powerful Santa Ana winds drove destructive fires through parts of Los Angeles County, devastating neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and nearby communities. The fires deepened California's insurance crisis and underscored the scale of urban wildfire risk in a hotter, drier climate.

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Before and after in North America

Before: November 5, 2024: Trump wins a second term
After: April 1, 2026: Artemis II launches

Before and after in Disaster

Before: March 26, 2024: Baltimore bridge collapses
After: January 28, 2026: Rubaya coltan mine collapse

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Los Angeles