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A confirmed 16 people have died and 16 others are reported missing in relation to the Los Angeles area wildfires, authorities confirmed during the latest updated provided on Sunday (January 12) via NBC News.
"We have 12 in Eaton and four in Palisades," said Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert G. Luna during a news briefing. "If there's any good news, there's no juveniles missing within those numbers."
The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for severe fire conditions through Wednesday with winds forecasted to be sustained up to 50 MPH and gusts expected to reach 70 MPH, while Tuesday (January 14) is expected to be the most dangerous day, according to NWS meteorologist Rich Thompson.
“You’re going to have really strong gusty Santa Ana winds, a very dry atmosphere and still very dry brush, so we still have some very critical fire weather conditions out there,” Thompson said during a community meeting held Saturday night via the Associated Press.
Evacuation orders are currently in place for 105,000 Los Angeles residents, with 87,000 in evacuation warning zones, which means they may need to leave on short notice. More than 70,000 Los Angeles County residents were reported to be without power as of Sunday morning, according to PowerOutage.us.
