Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted last week and roared across the Los Angeles area.

Communities like Malibu were ravaged by the Palisades Fire, and drone video shows the apocalyptic damage that lies across the city.

A number of celebrities have had their homes destroyed by the devastating and deadly wildfires that are tearing through Los Angeles. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray is on the scene in Malibu, California, where another devastating urban firestorm has wreaked havoc.

Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the wildfires in Southern California, experts say.

Malibu’s Reel Inn, Moonshadows and Cholada Thai are among the restaurants that have been destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire.

A "life-threatening" windstorm hitting Southern California has caused a major brush fire and thousands of power outages.

The National Weather Service warned of the conditions that would later spark the Palisades other Southern California fires.

LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in advance of the Palisades fire.

Twenty-seven people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn’t known as the fires continue to burn.

A surfer’s experience is a grim preview of what likely lies ahead for many Californians after wildfires wiped out entire neighborhoods.

We explain what’s known about how the catastrophic L.A. wildfires started and the factors that scientists do -- and don’t -- think contributed.

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities