Rose Bowl stadium transformed into wildfire command center as LA wildfires continue to burn

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County is erstwhile again facing the "most terrible upwind warning" connected Wednesday, raising the menace of caller fires.

Heavy winds could besides dispersed existing fires, similar the monolithic Palisades Fire, which is lone 17% arsenic of Tuesday night.

This, arsenic the decease toll from this catastrophe is rising.

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Emergency crews person transformed the Rose Bowl from a stadium to a wildfire bid center.

Officials are preparing for yet different circular of almighty winds, perchance fueling much fires successful Southern California.

High winds are forecast to deed again connected Wednesday from Central California to the Mexican border.

"We are watching truly intimately for upwind gusts of 45 to adjacent 70 miles per hour," said ABC News Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee.

Tens of thousands of radical stay nether mandatory evacuation orders.

Another 84,000 radical nether evacuation warnings person been told to "be acceptable to leave."

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"When we're giving you warnings, that's astir apt the clip you should deliberation astir going," said Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.

The 2 largest fires -- the Palisades and Eaton fires -- person destroyed much than 12,000 homes and businesses, sidesplitting astatine slightest 25 people.

"It was virtually shooting similar fireballs. It looked similar a volcano," described Zaire Calvi, who evacuated from the Eaton Fire.

Calvin mislaid his sister successful the Eaton Fire. He says they got separated portion evacuating.

"Me and my relative came back, and climbed implicit determination and checked and got a shovel, and that's wherever they recovered her remains. I just, I don't cognize wherefore she didn't leave," helium said. "It's conscionable truthful much. The beingness has been sucked retired of america arsenic a community."

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Susan Salser says she watched from her room model arsenic the Palisades Fire approached her home.

The 85-year-old fought the occurrence with her 86-year-old husband, Winston, redeeming their home.

"I utilized the hose to power the crushed occurrence and halt that extremity of the location from burning," she said.

Health officials person present issued a "dust and ash advisory," informing of aerial contamination arsenic radical crossed the country scramble for shelter.

"I've reached retired to a mates of places and a batch of them person already been taken. And 1 of them that I applied for upped the rent $1,000 an hr aft I applied," said Erica Lee.

Realtors accidental prospective tenants are truthful hopeless that immoderate are offering to wage treble the listed rent for an full twelvemonth -- upfront.

FEMA has opened 2 section catastrophe betterment centers and says they've received 40,000 applications for assistance.