U.S. President Joe Biden listens as he is briefed on the federal response to the wildfires across Los Angeles during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 13, 2025. /CFP
Rebuilding after the fires that left some Los Angeles neighborhoods in smoldering ruins over the past week will carry a staggering cost in the billions of dollars, U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday in a briefing with emergency officials.
"It's going to cost tens of billions of dollars to get Los Angeles back where it was," Biden said, as California's largest city braced for a return of fierce winds that threaten to fan the flames that have already claimed at least 24 lives.