标题: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.

知识点：blaze v.

to burn brightly and strongly熊熊燃烧

A huge fire was blazing in the fireplace.壁炉中火烧得正旺。

Within minutes the whole building was blazing.不消几分钟整个大楼便成了一片火海。

He rushed back into the blazing house.他又返回，冲进了燃烧着的房子。

获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！