Los Angeles Wildfires: Rajeev Chandrashekar Notes State Of Biggest World Economy, '$4.8 Trillion Economic Powerhouse...'

1/10/2025 12:00:55 AM

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Former Union Minister and politician Rajeev Chandrasekhar shared a picture of the devastation in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades area, noting the destruction in a state that is part of the world's biggest economic powerhouse.

“This is California - a USD 4.8 trillion economic powerhouse state, in the worlds biggest Economy USA,” he wrote on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter).

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As per an AP report, five people have been confirmed dead so far, but the exact death toll remains unclear and numbers are expected to rise as crews begin to search the rubble.

Nearly 180,000 people were under evacuation orders on January 9 (Thursday) as flames threatened highly populated and affluent neighborhoods, including Calabasas and Santa Monica, it added.

Further, according to data from AccuWeather, a private company that provides information on weather and its impact, estimated damage and economic loss due to the wildfires is around $135-150 billion.

Altogether the fires have consumed about 117 square kilometers of the region - roughly the size of San Francisco.

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Thousands of structures burned in the fierce and fast-moving flames blazed as smoke filled canyons and picturesque neighborhoods that house Hollywood celebrities and sports figures. Altogether the fires have consumed about 117 square kilometers - roughly the size of San Francisco, as per the AP report.
On January 7, many of the towering fires spread fast due to the powerful Santa Ana winds - over 112 kph in some spots, as per the report. As of January 9, the winds have dropped, but the National Weather Service warned that these winds can still spread fire rapidly; adding that another round of strong winds may form on January 14 (Tuesday).
Over 415,000 people were without electricity in Southern California, about half of them in Los Angeles County, according to PowerOutage, which tracks outages nationwide, AP reported.
According to officials, sewer, water and power infrastructure across the region has been significantly damaged, it said.
Governor Gavin Newsom said California has deployed more than 1,400 firefighting personnel to battle the fires and help has been dispatched from states like Oregon, Washington, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona.

(With inputs from AP)

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