Song of ice and fire: Millions in US affected by rare, record-breaking disasters | Photos

From the devastating Pacific Palisades fire to a rare winter storm in Texas, millions of Americans are facing disastrous weather conditions. See photos..

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A firefighter pulls a hose while trying to keep the Lilac Fire from spreading near the Bonsall community of San Diego County, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (AP)

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Drivers slowly make their way along Seawall Boulevard in Galveston, Texas during a snowstorm Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP) (AP)

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A fire fighting helicopter drops water as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California, on January 11, 2025. (AFP)

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Snow begins to stick on I-285 in Tucker, Ga., as a winter storm brings snow to the South on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) (AP)

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FILE - A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire around a burned structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, File) (AP)

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Kristyn Tramel walks her dog Bluey with her 8-year-old son Penn in the French Quarter, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (AP)

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Smoke and flames rise from the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, along Mandeville Canyon, in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 11, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Dreifuss/ (REUTERS)

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A truck is blanketed in snow following a historic winter storm on January 22, 2025 in Tallahassee, Florida.  (Getty Images via AFP)

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Residents of a senior centre are evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Jan. 7, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP)

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A statue of Pete Fountain is covered in snow inside New Orleans Musical Legends Park on Bourbon Street on January 21, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  (Getty Images via AFP)

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A firefighter sprays water while battling the Lilac Fire near the Bonsall community of San Diego County in California on January 21. Evacuation orders were issued for the Lilac Fire, which had burned about 50 acres (20 hectares).   (AP)

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Footprints in the snow on the beach on January 22, 2025 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  (Getty Images via AFP)