Hundreds of thousands of people are without power, and tens of thousands are under evacuation orders with blazes out of control in Southern California.
The Palisades, Hurst, and Eaton fires are growing fast, fanned by strong Santa Ana winds.
More than 625 million acres of the US oceans are now protected after Biden prohibited all future oil and gas leasing.
President-elect Donald Trump has already said he plans to undo the move. But that likely depends on Congress taking action, CNN reports.
Power outages affected close to 90 percent of customers in the US territory today, the Associated Press reports. Local energy company Luma says it’s investigating the cause and suspects a damaged underground power line. Getting the lights back on could take 24 to 48 hours. Blackouts have been a persistent problem for Puerto Rico’s struggling electricity grid since Hurricane Maria.
