Climate New: Overwhelming fires at Los Angeles in California, rush of stories about the conflagration

What's happened in Los Angeles is a portent for what we could see in Australia according to: listen to Greg Mullins - "As California burns, how will Australia respond to this climate-fuelled crisis?"; "Los Angeles residents flee wildfire, firefighters battle blaze in Pacific Palisades"; "Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry;" "BoM data finds 2024 was Australia’s second-hottest year on record"; "Wade Crowfoot on Building Wildfire Resilience"; "11 killed, 35,000 acres burned by California wildfires"; "‘There was nothing you could do’: The two days when fire swallowed Los Angeles"; "Deadly wildfires surge in size in Southern California and force more evacuations"; "As fires rage, CA fears home insurance collapse"; "You just lived through the hottest year on record. Again."; "LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city?"; "The role of climate change in the catastrophic 2025 Los Angeles fires"; "Celebrities kick off fire relief efforts, Jamie Lee Curtis pledges $1.6m"; "Nearly 800 prisoners now helping to battle Los Angeles fires"; "Australia leases US firebombing aircraft in the northern winter. So what happens when LA burns in January?"; "Epic aerial assault to protect homes in Brentwood, Encino as L.A. wildfire death toll rises"; "‘We don’t know the half of it’: More deaths feared in ever-expanding LA fires"; "Wildfires latest: Pacific Palisades fire is most destructive in Los Angeles history"; "‘Like a bomb was dropped’: Devastating before-and-after pictures reveal scale of destruction".