The death toll in northern California wildfires rose to 76 over the weekend, according to local authorities.
The town of Paradise, California, has been destroyed by the fire that has been ongoing since November 8, in what officials have called the deadliest wildfire in California’s history.
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said that, in addition to fatalities, 1,276 people are still unaccounted for. He called on the local public to look at the list of unaccounted-for individuals, “ and call us if you're on the list and let us know.”
Fires have also raged in southern California, leading to at least 3 fatalities and the evacuation of more than 260,000 people. Over 98,000 acres have been burned in southern California and more at least 713 structures have been destroyed. The fires in the south have also damaged several Jewish institutions.
President Trump visited California on Saturday to the see firsthand the devastation left by the fires.
"Hopefully this is going to be the last of these because this was a really, really bad one," Trump said in Paradise, according to Fox News.