The Destruction Remains: Southern California Wildfire Aftermath

WATD Contributor David Cedrone Gives the Latest on the Aftermath of the Southern California Wildfires

Pictures from the Palisades section of Los Angeles

Reporting from Pacific Palisades  where the wild fires destroyed so many homes.

This all started back on January 7th in the Santa Monica Mountains and did not stop for 24 days with hurricane force winds, the fires spread to Topanga and Malibu.

It burned over 23,000 acres in Pacific Palisades took the lives of 12 people and destroyed nearly 7,000 structures.

In all, the fires burned over 57,000 acres which is 90 square miles combined with a total of 29 fatalities and over 16,000 structures destroyed including Malibu.

Over 200,000 people were evacuated.

Making it the 10th deadliest and 3rd most destructive California wildfire on record and the most destructive to occur in the history of the city of Los Angeles.