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Los Angeles is bracing for critical wildfire conditions again as dry winds scour Southern California, creating the risk of more blazes in the wake of a disaster that has killed at least 25 people, driven thousands from their homes and touched off political infighting. Photographer: Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2552020\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/12747393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" /> A photo taken by a drone shows an aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Palisades wildfire in Malibu, California, USA, 15 January 2025. Multiple wildfires, which have already destroyed thousands of homes and forced the evacuation of numerous neighborhoods, continue to burn across thousands of acres in Southern California, including the Los Angeles area. 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According to the National Weather Service, much of Southern California is under an elevated fire risk, as the Santa Ana winds have returned and are predicted to affect the area. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office has stated that the suspected death toll from the Los Angeles fires now stands at 25 as search and rescue teams, both local and abroad, search the affected fire areas. EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BREHMAN</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2552024\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/12748512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"673\" /> Hindu people attempt to catch a bull during the bull-taming festival of Jallikattu at the Peelakkat Sree Ankala Eswari-Sree Muneeswarar Hindu Temple in Kyauktan township, outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, 16 January 2025. 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