The 2028 Olympic Games feels like a world away, but one expert says the city of Los Angeles will still be rebuilding by the time the mega-event comes to town.
Firefighters brace for return of 112kph winds as LA bathed in hot pink
Houses, cars, businesses and hillsides have been blanketed with hot pink fire retardant in anticipation of the Santa Ana winds picking up.
Photo shows Flowers and a car are covered in hot pink fire retardantFirefighters climb 60m-high staircase to extinguish burning silos
Emergency services responded to multiple triple-0 calls and evacuated a nearby beach and industrial precinct, setting up an exclusion zone, to fight the flames.
Photo shows Smoke and flames come out of the top of a grain silo'Like in a movie': Hollywood cinematographer recalls horrors of wildfires
Hollywood cinematographer Bojan Bazelli says it's a miracle that his house is still standing as he evacuates from the LA wildfires.
Photo shows Man in sunglasses speaks in an interviewHas Video Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds.'Like a war zone': Ventura couple prepares to evacuate LA wildfires
Ventura resident discusses plans to evacuate the LA fires describing the scenes like a war zone.
Photo shows Man in glasses speaks at his homeHas Video Duration: 1 minute 2 seconds.Dozens of looters arrested across LA as residents evacuate from wildfires
LA County District Attorney has unveiled a video of a group of looters entering a house and being arrested in LA.
Photo shows Man being handcuffed by police as fire burns next to himHas Video Duration: 25 seconds.LA fires exposed an insurance crisis and Australians may have to pay
The Los Angeles fires are shaping up to be one of the most expensive disasters in US history, and due to the global nature of the insurance industry, the costs may be felt in Australia.
Photo shows Fire burns a structure in the Pacific Palisades.Three blazes remain active in Los Angeles as winds strengthen
Wildfires have so far burnt through an area larger than the boundaries of neighbouring San Francisco.
Photo shows Active fires in LA: three firefighters stand atop a hill surrounded by smoke from firesHas Video Duration: 3 minutes 28 seconds.LA wildfires: More bodies found, looters impersonate firefighters
The death toll is also surging as search and rescue teams find more bodies in sweeps of homes in charred neighbourhoods.
Photo shows More Bodies Found: rubble from a building scorched in a wildfireHas Video Duration: 3 minutes 36 seconds.New fire breaks out as LA braces for dangerous wind change — as it happened
Firefighters are battling four separate wildfires that have killed at least 24 people in Los Angeles.
Photo shows An aerial image at night showing a streak of fire and the lights of an urban cityscape,Inside Australia's 'massive investment' in aerial firefighting
Firefighting aircraft have been soaring through the skies over Los Angeles in recent days as fires have ravaged the city. When it comes to disasters of its own, Australia has about 500 aircraft it can call on.
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Photo shows Firebombing plane drops fire retardant on a fireAustralian dad escaped LA fires with his toddler on his bike
When fires roared through the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, Joel House only had a pushbike to get himself and his young daughter out of the path of the blaze.
Photo shows A man on a bike with a baby sleep in the front seat, a fire behind themCrews respond to blaze in grain silos
An exclusion zone has been declared at Mackay in north Queensland as firefighting crews work to contain a blaze in grain silos.
Has Video Duration: 22 seconds.Crews work to contain blaze in Mackay grain silos
An exclusion zone has been lifted as firefighting crews rushed to contain a blaze in grain silos.
Photo shows Silos at MackayIn pictures: Before and after fire ripped through the Pacific Palisades
Landmark buildings, homes, and shopping malls are among the structures destroyed in LA's affluent Pacific Palisades neighbourhood.
Photo shows A side-by-side comparison of Los Angeles sites before and after wildfires hitFBI investigates drone that collided with aircraft fighting LA wildfires
The FBI is searching for the owner of an unauthorised drone that crashed into a firefighting aircraft in Los Angeles last week.
Photo shows A yellow 'super scooper' firefighting plane dropping a dump of water over orange flames on a dark hill moundWhat to know about devastation from LA wildfires, crucial weather forecast
Investigations into what started the fires burning through homes and hectares of land in Los Angeles are still underway as firefighters brace for more extreme weather.
Photo shows The sun rises behind a home destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades community of Los AngelesHarry and Meghan visit LA fire victims, Aussie music stars evacuate
The LA fires are leaving a lasting impact on the local film and TV industry with multiple historical filming sites lost to the flames.
Photo shows Meghan Markle wears a face mask and looks concerned in conversation with two others at a fire evacuation centre.Giant 400-year-old tingle tree accidentally destroyed by authorities
WA officials have defended the state's prescribed burning strategy after an enormous tingle tree was destroyed in a recent fire.
Photo shows Uralla Luscombe-PedroPacific Palisades fire expands as death toll rises in Los Angeles
More than 150,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate, while 12,000 structures have been destroyed in California wildfires.
Photo shows Wildfire grows in size: Two firefightrers with their backs to the camera looking at fire on the ground.Has Video Duration: 2 minutes 5 seconds.Mother of Australian killed in LA wildfires questions water supply
Shelley Sykes says her hose ran dry while she was desperately trying to save her son Rory from fire spreading to their Malibu property.
Photo shows Water Supply in Question: Composite image of a wildfire at night and a woman with blonde hair and pink puffer jacket.Has Video Duration: 3 minutes 14 seconds.