- Title: WRAP: Fire crews make small gains in wildfire battles as LA braces for more wind
- Date: 10th January 2025
- Summary: AccuWeather published its estimate of $135 billion to $150 billion in damage and economic loss from California wildfires. (2136-CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRES-INSURANCE-EXPERTS) STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 10, 2025) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACCUWEATHER, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, JONATHAN PORTER, SAYING: "AccuWeather's preliminary estimate for total damage and economic loss from the fast-moving, wind-driven infernos in Southern California is $135 to $150 billion in total damage and economic loss, a truly staggering number reflecting the scale of this horrible disaster across the Los Angeles metro area." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACCUWEATHER, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, JONATHAN PORTER, SAYING: "Of course, we're looking at things like the amount of insured damage that's occurred and uninsured damage. But far beyond that, we're considering things like disruptions to commerce, the cost of job losses, businesses that may never reopen in the affected areas, tourism, in fact, damage to infrastructure like sewer, utilities, other utilities, gas lines, things of that nature, even roadways. And then we're looking at the long tail of costs that are going to be associated with this, including the cost of relocation for so many families, tens of thousands of families are going to need to find shelter elsewhere in the short term and perhaps for many months or years. The cost to clean up all of this debris, the long tail of impacts, negative impacts to tourism in the area, and also the long tail of impacts, costly impacts, and dangerous impacts to people's physical and mental health. This may let those some of those impacts may last for years to come."
- Embargoed: 24th January 2025 22:04
- Keywords: wildfires wrap
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, WASHINGTON, D.C & ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES/ INTERNET
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, WASHINGTON, D.C & ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES/ INTERNET
- Country: US
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Fires,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA004238810012025RP1
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