As Los Angeles recovers from its devastating wildfires, environmental engineers, urban planners and natural disaster experts are casting forward with visions of what could come next for neighborhoods that have been reduced to ash and rubble.

Three Killeen firefighters return home today after a two-week deployment to Los Angeles County, where they helped battle wildfires that displaced 200,000 people.

The firefighters say the devastation in California is far more overwhelming than what is captured on television or in online footage.