A firefighter cuts brush at the Thomas Fire on December 7th, 2017, near Fillmore, California. Strong Santa Ana winds are pushing multiple wildfires across the region, expanding across tens of thousands of acres and destroying hundreds of homes and structures.
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A plume of smoke is seen from Ojai, California, as the Thomas Fire grows and advances toward seaside communities on December 10th, 2017, near Carpinteria, California.
Inmate firefighters battle the Ferguson fire in Jerseydale, California, on July 22nd, 2018.
Jake Glaser, dressed as Santa Claus, skateboards at Venice Beach on December 13th, 2017, in Los Angeles, California.
A firefighting helicopter flies over a wildfire raging in the town of Rafina near Athens, on July 23rd, 2018.
Indian commuters travel in a truck to a safer place as flood waters ravage the National Highway 47 in the Ernakulam district of Kochi, in the Southern Indian state of Kerala, on August 16th, 2018.
A woman looks at the wreckage of her burned home in Santa Rosa, California, on October 10th, 2017.
