These are the astonishing numbers behind the California wildfires- Nik Puri

Life has been tough in southern California and the Los Angeles area. Wildfires have brought havoc and show no sign of stopping. The current death toll due to these wildfires is currently 44 people. A record has been set for the most deaths from a California wildfire with 42 casualties. Unfortunately, 100 residents are still accounted for so there is a high probability that the death toll will increase. While these fires have cast a devastating effect on people, it also showed a negative affect on the land. In the last 4 days, the wildfires have burned more than 310 square miles in California. This is currently the most destructive fire in California history by destroying more than 6,700 structures. A primary cause of this was because the affected areas haven't received 1/2 an inch of rain in the last 210 days. This is truly an unfortunate event that has taken place.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/12/us/california-wildfires-by-the-numbers/index.html

This article was published on November 12, 2018 by Holly Yan and Brandon Miller. This recent date implies that the information provided in this article is accurate and up-to-date. Before reading this article, I knew that wildfires had the potential to be very deadly, but not as deadly like this wildfire. Moreover, the California wildfires similarly relate to the 1993 Griffith Park wildfire in Los Angeles. In this incident 29 people were killed. I can infer that this article was directed toward the people of America to provide up-to-date information about the wildfires. This is very important and can relate to U.S. history because we can't stop natural disasters from happening, but we can surely help each other recover from them, like we have done so many times in past events.