Recovery

At least 56 people were killed — most of them in their homes, some trying to flee in their cars and others outside, desperately seeking shelter from the flames. More than 10,000 structures were lost in what is by far the worst wildfire in California history.

'If it was PG&E or whomever, I’m going to sue whoever was taking their stupid a-- bonuses instead of taking care of what they were supposed to take care of,' she said.

By the end of Tuesday, investigators had located six bodies throughout Paradise, bringing the Camp Fire death total to 48, the highest number of wildfire fatalities in California history.

The California Public Utilities Commission launched investigations Monday into California’s two largest utility companies after both PG&E and Southern California Edison Company reported that their electrical infrastructure suffered malfunctions near ground zero of two deadly blazes raging across the north and south of the state.

Similar to California, Washington and the rest of the Pacific Northwest have been dealing with an increasingly extended and costly fire season — spurred by rising temperatures due to climate change.

To date 42 people on the ridge are confirmed dead, and more than half the dwellings of Paradise are gone. Still burning and uncontrolled, whipped by winds, the fire that began five days ago on Camp Road is the worst wildfire disaster in California history.

The death toll, which increased by six on Sunday, equals the death toll from the 1933 Griffith Fire in Los Angeles as the worst mass-casualty wildland fire ever in the state. The Oakland hills Tunnel Fire in 1991 caused 25 deaths.

'This is not the new normal,' he said, employing a phrase that state leaders have used to describe the past two deadly, prolonged California fire seasons. 'This is the new abnormal, and this new abnormal will continue certainly in the next 10 to 15 years.'

As a result of the Camp Fire burning near Paradise in Northern California, the entire Bay Area, much of the Central Valley and even Monterey — which is more than 200 miles away from the blaze, as the crow flies — are experiencing unhealthy air quality.

'Maybe 10 or 20 years ago you stayed in your homes when there was a fire and you were able to protect them,” Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen said. “We’re entering a new normal. Things are not the way they were 10 years ago.'

The inferno has claimed at least 23 people so far — six in vehicles, another just outside one — as the Camp Fire roared to life Thursday morning, decimating this town of 27,000 people just east of Chico in a wildfire that has become the most destructive in California history.

Whole community approach and following the National Disaster Recovery Framework is the goal of the East Baton Rouge plan.

Representatives from FEMA, Wisconsin Emergency Management, the U.S. Small Business Administration and other state agencies can help explain disaster assistance programs to individuals and businesses affected by the recent flooding.

'Georgia hasn’t been subjected to a disaster of this magnitude in recent years, so we have drawn on the experience of USDA in other states.'

Middleton was one of the hardest hit communities in the Madison area affected by flooding that started Aug. 17 and continued through Sept. 14.