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.

Candy Spelling, mom of 'Beverly Hills, 90210' star Tori Spelling, moved from her iconic mansion in Los Angeles to the 8,000-square foot Malibu home over 10 years ago. A friend of Spelling's confirmed to PEOPLE that the home burned down in the still-raging Los Angeles fire.

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

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

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.

Wildfires in January are not unprecedented in southern California and only last month the Franklin Fire burned more than 4000 acres around Malibu. The National Weather Service warned on 7 January ...

High winds have been a key ingredient of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, and after a brief lull they are forecast to intensify through the middle of the week. That’s certain to complicate the fight against blazes that have killed at least two dozen people,

But while the January fires rank as the most destructive in Los Angeles history, they have not been as damaging as others in the Golden State. They are among only some of the worst wildfires California has ever seen.

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.