Los Angeles: Over 6 million under critical fire threat amid high winds; death toll hits 25 [IMAGES]

Powerful winds are prolonging the battle for firefighters combating the Los Angeles wildfires, which have killed at least 25 people.

More than 6 million people are under a critical fire threat across a large swath of Southern California, including in cities outside of Los Angeles County.

• A CNN analysis of the most recent data available from the 10 largest US cities and other comparable departments shows the Los Angeles Fire Department is less staffed than almost any other major city. 

Experts have said no fire department in the world would have been able to take on the combination of factors that resulted in the blazes.

• The Eaton and Palisades fires are now the most destructive and second-most destructive wildfires, respectively, in Southern California history. The fires over the past week were larger and hotter than they would have in a world without planet-warming fossil fuel pollution, a UCLA analysis suggests.

CNN