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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. In Los Angeles, firefighters battling the two biggest blazes are worried about winds that are predicted to pick up again. The National Weather Service is forecasting wind gusts up to 70 miles an hour through Wednesday. LA Fire Chief Kristen Crowley.
As this wind event continues, we urge the public to stay diligent, to stay ready, as the danger has absolutely not passed. Please adhere to any evacuation warning and orders immediately.
The blazes have left at least 24 people dead, with dozens listed as missing and thousands of homes and businesses destroyed. Cal Fire says more than 40,000 acres have burned and forced about 150,000 people to evacuate. The cause of the fires remain under investigation. Containment of the Palisades fire is still just 14 percent, and officials say it's spreading toward Brentwood.
Meanwhile, older people in Los Angeles are especially vulnerable as wildfires continue to burn. Kelly McEvers has more from a Red Cross shelter where many older people evacuated after the Palisades fire, the largest and most destructive one.
Sarah James is 76. She's worried that she's so sleep-deprived she's stopped making sense.
I close my eyes and think that I'll go to sleep instead. They pop open in 20 minutes and I'm wide awake.
Her cotmate at the shelter, Francoise Myra, who's 64, says she's pretty sure her house is gone. She doesn't even know where to start to rebuild her life. She's having trouble logging into her account.
My password book is in ashes at home.
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