Los Angeles County continues to face "critical fire conditions" after firefighters for days have battled deadly wildfires that have razed entire neighborhoods. The big picture: The death toll rose to at least 16,

The deadly Los Angeles area fires show what can go horribly wrong even when weather forecasts and warnings prove eerily prescient. Why it matters: Weather forecasters are struggling with how to communicate the dangers of extreme weather events as those events increase in frequency and ferocity with human-caused climate change.