Residential neighborhoods in Los Angeles County's Altadena, essentially ground zero for the Eaton Fire, the second largest after the Palisades Fire, are still on high alert for the fast moving flames amid windy conditions.
At one destroyed residential neighborhood in Altadena, some families are trying to send their children to relatives as they lost almost everything in their houses and are now in some kind of temporary housing, while the parents are not sure about how much the payout will be from the insurance.
Streets at the neighborhood are quiet, as everybody is still on high alert for the ravaging blazes, and a night-time curfew between 18:00 and 06:00 is in place to prevent the increasing incidents of looting.
At least 25 people have died and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across the Los Angeles area.
The fierce wildfires in Los Angeles County, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, destroyed more than 12,300 structures as of Monday.
The Palisades Fire, the largest one, was 14 percent contained, and the Eaton Fire, the second largest, was 33 percent contained as of Monday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
About 92,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation orders due to the wildfires, and another 89,000 are under evacuation warnings, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters on Monday.
Altadena on high alert for fast moving blazes
Altadena on high alert for fast moving blazes
South Korea's arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday afternoon attends the third formal hearing of his impeachment trial at the constitutional court in Seoul, South Korea.
It marks the first time in the country's modern history that an impeached president attends a court hearing in person.
Only the National Assembly and President Yoon will be present, with no witnesses, according to local media.
Additionally, Yoon is expected to attend all subsequent hearings of the constitutional court.
At around 13:00, more than 200 Yoon's supporters gathered near the constitutional court for a rally.
In order to avoid conflicts, the South Korean police deployed 64 mobile teams and more than 4,000 police officers around the constitutional court to strengthen surrounding vigilance.
The South Korean Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) said Monday that it is considering the possibility of forcibly summoning and questioning detained Yoon, who has refused to comply with detention investigations on two occasions.
Although conducting an investigation may be challenging due to Yoon's attendance at the constitutional court hearing, the CIO stated that the in-person investigation will not be interrupted or canceled. The agency also confirmed that written inquiries are not being considered at this time.
According to the latest report from the Bank of Korea on Tuesday, the political uncertainty and economic contraction triggered by the martial law situation are expected to reduce the country's economic growth rate by 0.2 percentage points this year.
The real GDP is projected to shrink by approximately 4.5 trillion won (around 3.12 billion U.S. dollars).
Additionally, factoring in the contraction in the fourth quarter of last year, the martial law situation could result in a GDP decline of more than 6.3 trillion won (around 4.37 billion U.S. dollars).
An impeachment motion against Yoon was passed by the National Assembly on Dec 14 last year and delivered to the constitutional court to deliberate it for up to 180 days, during which Yoon's presidential power is suspended.
Yoon, who was named by investigative agencies as a suspected ringleader on an insurrection charge, declared a martial law on the night of Dec. 3 but it was revoked by the National Assembly hours later.
S. Korea's Yoon attends 3rd formal hearing of impeachment trial in Seoul