- Jay Leno and celebs react: 'An entire city wiped out' The bruised and battered city of Los Angeles remains on high alert as the extreme weather conditions which sparked apocalyptic infernos intensify again and officials 'do away with' the term 'fire season.'
Forecasters warn the most intense threat this week will be on Tuesday morning with wind gusts nearing 70mph fanning the flames of two ongoing fires and complicating the ongoing searches for up to two dozen people missing in evacuation zones.
Firefighters are still battling to get the major blazes under control. They've torn through more than 40,000 acres of land, destroyed an estimated 12,300 structures and cost at least 24 people their lives.
The death toll is expected to grow as cadaver dogs gain access to the smoldering wreckages of entire neighborhoods which, Jay Leno noted, simply 'no longer exist.'