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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Coral Murphy Marcos

Wildfire debris washes up on LA beaches after major rainstorm

people walk along a beach
Debris from the fires on the beach at Santa Monica, California, on 15 February. Photograph: Chris Delmas/AFP/Getty Images

Los Angeles county beaches are contending with the aftermath of recent wildfires and winter storms as debris from the Palisades fire and urban runoff are carried to the shoreline.

After last week’s major rainstorm, beaches in southern California have been littered with timber, twisted metals, construction materials and charred silt and sediment originating from the Palisades fire in January. That blaze, along with the Eaton fire, killed at least 29 people.

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