00:00While we are still facing significant threats, I am hopeful that the tide is turning.
00:06Thank you, Chief Moroney.
00:08Thank you, Chief Crowley.
00:10Yesterday afternoon, as the winds died down, we saw the return of aerial drops and aerial
00:16firefighting, a truly, truly welcome sight.
00:20Today, we expect winds to subside somewhat, which will allow fire crews to increase containment
00:27lines.
00:28However, and I want to be very clear here as well, we are still under red flag warning
00:33with extreme fire behavior possibilities.
00:38Damage assessments are ongoing at the Palisades Fire.
00:42However, preliminary reports estimate the damaged or destroyed structures to be in the
00:48thousands.
00:50It is safe to say that the Palisades Fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters
00:58in the history of Los Angeles.
01:01Evacuations overall for Palisades, Eaton, Hearst, and Lydia fires, the number in both
01:06county and city areas, evacuation orders are impacting 1,000 or 179,783 residents.
01:16That's nearly 180,000 people in Los Angeles County that are currently under evacuation
01:22orders with another close to 200,000 residents that are under evacuation warnings.
01:30At one point, we'll be able to do a more thorough search of these impacted areas.
01:35Some of them look like a bomb was dropped in them, where we will be able to bring in
01:39canines and other things to help us hopefully not discover too many fatalities.
01:47That's our prayer, but this is a crisis and we don't know what to expect, but we're ready
01:52for everything.
01:53And down each one of the blocks I traveled, those houses no longer exist.
01:59They are now basically rubble.
02:02And I haven't seen something like that.
02:03And I've lived here almost over 60 years.
02:07And the entire time I've been here, it looked apocalyptic.
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