Thousands remain evacuated as crews work to contain Los Angeles County wildfires

People who have evacuated due to the wildfires can apply to stay at Hilton hotels for free, for up to one week.

Hilton is working with 211LA to provide vouchers for 20,000 hotel rooms.

L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said this program is "sorely needed."

211 will verify that applicants live in an evacuation zone before distributing vouchers.

If you would like to apply, you can go to 211LA.org.

Those who have been impacted by the fires can apply to stay at Hilton hotels for free, for up to one week.

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A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Southern California Edison over the Eaton Fire.

The suit was announced Wednesday on behalf of Evelyn McClendon's family. The Altadena woman is one of at least 16 people who lost their lives in the fire that erupted Jan. 7.

The suit alleges the utility failed to turn off its electrical equipment despite warnings about dangerous fire weather conditions.

A home that was spared by the Palisades Fire has now been damaged by a landslide in the burn area.

Cal Fire authorities said the agency's teams are in the fire zones analyzing the burn areas to determine places of concern.

L.A. County Public Works Director Mark Pestrella addressed landslide concerns in the burn areas during a Thursday morning press conference.

"Both areas suffered watershed damage ... to such a significance that we expect massive debris-laden flows when it rains," Pestrella said.

He explained that the current flood control system is designed to handle debris flows, but "in an event that we have major rain, we do expect that all areas will be impacted by debris flows that will be hazardous to human health."

"In order to address this, we are developing plans for both areas to capture and hold this debris back as much as we can during a rain event," Pestrella said.

The possibility of rain is in the forecast at the end of January, Pestrella added.

Fierce winds and devastating wildfires have shifted land in the burn areas of the Eaton and Palisades fires, raising the risk of mudslides and debris flows, the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works said.

Most of Southern California -- including the areas ravaged by fires -- in severe drought, according to the latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Here is the latest map:

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