Santa Ana winds to return next week
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern California.
Ferocious Santa Ana winds fueled blazes in Southern California. Yet weather can also help determine how long a fire will last.
Whipping Santa Ana winds and dropping humidity levels will create an enhanced risk for wildfires in Southern California this week, according to the National Weather Service, which issued a warning ...
The most serious red flag fire weather warning has been issued by the NWS for swaths of L.A. and Ventura counties starting before dawn Tuesday.
Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but that different locations would likely be affected.
More than 8 million people are in the critical fire risk zone. Southern California remains in critical fire danger in the coming days, as red flag warnings continue amid the dry and windy conditions that are fuelling deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
Southern California Edison shut off power for thousands of Ventura County residents Monday, seeking to limit the risk of further fires.
The particularly dangerous situation alert is relatively new to Southern California but has been issued before the recent wildfires that have caused devastation across LA County.
With below-average temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, the Climate Prediction Center says La Niña is here to stay this winter.
Southern California will experience cooler and breezy temperatures over the weekend before another Santa Ana event develops early next week.
Another powerful windstorm is forecast to hit Southern California before firefighters are able to fully contain two deadly and destructive wildfires. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, Santa Ana winds will gust up to 70 mph and create a Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) in the fire-ravaged region,