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The California wildfires could be the costliest disaster in US history, the state\u2019s governor said, as forecasts of heavy winds raised fears that the catastrophic blazes would spread further.<\/p>\n

In remarks to NBC\u2019s Meet the Press<\/em> on Sunday, Gavin Newsom said the fires \u2014 which have burnt through more than 40,000 acres, according to CalFire, the state\u2019s forestry and fire protection department \u2014 would be the worst the country has seen \u201cin terms of just the costs associated with it, [and] in terms of the scale and scope\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added that there were likely to be \u201ca lot more\u201d fatalities confirmed. The death toll on Saturday evening stood at 16, according to Los Angeles authorities.<\/p>\n

The prospect of a pick-up on Sunday in the Santa Ana winds that have fanned the flames has left tens of thousands of residents under evacuation orders. The fires were threatening homes in upscale Mandeville Canyon and the Brentwood neighbourhood, although officials said they had made progress in stemming the advance there.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service has forecast gusts of between 50mph and 70mph, while drought conditions remain. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that elevated critical fire conditions will continue through Wednesday\u201d, Los Angeles County fire chief Anthony Maroney said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

LA is experiencing its second-driest start to its rainy season in more than a century, according to the non-profit Cal Matters news service. Halfway into the season, LA has only recorded about 0.2 inches of rain since October -\u2014 well below the 4.5 inches that is common by January.<\/p>\n

Newsom, a Democrat, responded to a barrage of attacks from Donald Trump. The incoming Republican president has accused the governor of depleting water reserves to protect an endangered species of fish, and of refusing to sign a \u201cwater restoration declaration\u201d that would have \u201callowed millions of gallons of water\u2009.\u2009.\u2009. to flow daily into many parts of California\u201d. Newsom\u2019s office has said no such declaration exists.<\/p>\n

Trump, who has a long-standing feud with Newsom and refers to him as \u201cNewscum\u201d, also called on the Californian to resign, accusing him of \u201cgross incompetence\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reservoirs are completely full, the state reservoirs here in Southern California,\u201d Newsom said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat mis- and disinformation I don\u2019t think advantages or aids any of us,\u201d he added. \u201cResponding to Donald Trump\u2019s insults, we would spend another month. I\u2019m very familiar with them. Every elected official that he disagrees with is very familiar with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newsom also said he had invited the president-elect to visit the affected areas, but had yet to receive a response from the Trump transition team.<\/p>\n

Firefighters have tamed three fires since Tuesday, including the Sunset blaze that threatened the Hollywood hills. The Hurst fire in the San Fernando Valley, north of Los Angeles, was 80 per cent contained on Sunday afternoon. <\/p>\n

But firefighters are still struggling to tame the two biggest blazes. Newsom said on social media platform X that the Palisades and Eaton fires were 11 per cent and 27 per cent contained. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed to battle the Palisades fire with heavy trucks and air support, the mayor\u2019s office said Sunday. The city has also opened shelters to affected families.<\/p>\n

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has staff in LA to help Angelenos apply for disaster relief, while the Federal Small Business Administration is offering home and business disaster loans.<\/p>\n

Newsom issued an executive order that he said would prevent those who lost their homes from being \u201ccaught up in bureaucratic red tape\u201d so they could quickly rebuild.<\/p>\n

The head of Fema on Sunday raised the prospect of US troops being sent to Los Angeles to help control the blaze.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are active-duty military personnel that are on a prepare-to-deploy order, that are ready to go in and continue to support the firefighting effort,\u201d Deanne Criswell told ABC\u2019s This Week<\/em> programme. Speaking on CNN, she warned that strong winds expected in the coming days could spread the fire further.<\/p>\n

No official estimate of the cost of the damage has yet been released, but analysts at AccuWeather last week calculated the economic loss to be between $135bn and $150bn \u2014 short of the $250bn cost associated with last year\u2019s Hurricane Helene. At least 12,300 structures had been destroyed, according to CalFire.<\/p>\n

President Joe Biden on Thursday pledged that the US government would pay for \u201c100 per cent of all the costs\u201d created by the disaster, and would ask Congress for more financial aid.<\/p>\n

Trump, who on the campaign trail last year threatened to withhold disaster funding from California, has thus far remained silent on whether he would provide similar assistance. On Sunday, he renewed his attacks on the state\u2019s officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe incompetent pols have no idea how to put [the fires] out,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThere is death all over the place. This is one of the worst catastrophes in the history of our country. They just can\u2019t put out the fires. What\u2019s wrong with them?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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