標題:Los Angeles against the flames

Always vulnerable, the city is increasingly susceptible to fire

正文：The five fires that on January 9th were still blazing in and around Los Angeles were already among the most destructive in California’s history. The scale is staggering, even for a state accustomed to natural disasters.Roughly 130,000 people were told to leave their homes; 2,000 buildings have been destroyed. Because wildfires have come to seem more like a certainty than a risk here, a lot will not be insured. State Farm, an insurer, decided not to renew 70% of its policies in Pacific Palisades, one of the worst-hit areas. ABC Los Angeles reckons this has left 1,600 homes there uninsured. Fire crews faced an uneven fight: in the small hours of the morning the neighbourhood fire hydrants ran dry.

知識點：blaze v.

to burn brightly and strongly熊熊燃燒

A huge fire was blazing in the fireplace.壁爐中火燒得正旺。

Within minutes the whole building was blazing.不消幾分鐘整個大樓便成了一片火海。

He rushed back into the blazing house.他又返回，沖進了燃燒著的房子。

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