David Averre

The US Geological Survey said the 7.1 magnitude quake struck Tibet's Dingri County, near the mountainous border with Nepal, at 9:05am local time (0105 GMT)

Academy award-winning Woods, 77, shared a clip of the view from his home overlooking an ocean sunset, writing: 'I took this last night... Now all the fire alarms are going off at once.'

The chilling clip recorded from within the house showed how flames dozens of feet high surrounded the property, clearly visible through floor-to-ceiling windows

A slew of notable locations, including Sunset Boulevard that splits the upscale Pacific Palisades, were engulfed in punishing flames that tore through residential and commercial areas alike

Within minutes of the fire starting, a small plume of smoke had grown massively as the first flames began tearing through a wooded area. Before long, the City of Angels was ablaze

Drone footage reveals how block after block of idyllic upscale LA homes are now nothing more than smouldering ruins with only charred tree stumps and building struts left standing amid the detritus.

As the Arctic region undergoes changes due to climate change, the melting of the ice opens up a new frontier, unlocking untapped resources and potential new trade routes.

Rows of glitzy waterfront houses lay in charred ruins after the punishing blaze ripped through them - save for one miracle structure which stood alone, flanked by smoldering debris

Huge swathes of LA and its coastline are seen laid to waste in the graphic pictures, with countless houses and structures having imploded under the ferocious heat and power of the fires

A space-based nuclear warhead would destroy or disable thousands of vital satellites - but if detonated at the right altitude and yield, it could deliver a punishing EMP strike on infrastructure below