As critical fire weather continues to strike in Southern California, crews are also tasked with preparing for a storm expected this weekend that could trigger mudslides in burn scar areas.
"A strong Santa Ana Wind event is expected to develop Monday and last through at least Tuesday," the National Weather Service said.
Millions of California residents were placed under a red flag warning through Thursday amid threats of further fires with looming winds in the forecast, according to multiple reports.
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Extreme fire weather returns to Southern California - particularly Los Angeles and Ventura counties - as winds of up to 100 mph have prompted the most urgent warning from the National Weather Service.
As wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles, three fires broke out in San Diego County, prompting evacuation orders and warnings.
The winds fueling Southern California wildfires form when a high-pressure system develops over the Great Basin in Utah and Nevada
but the dry conditions are affecting all of Southern California. The NWS warns residents in LA and Ventura counties as well as those along the Santa Ana wind corridor to stay alert, monitor the ...
The fire, which erupted near Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, north of Santa Clarita, late Wednesday morning, has grown to over 10,000 acres.
Thanks to the Israeli Consulate and other groups, a team of firefighting experts from Israel flew in last week and immediately joined local forces.
Firefighters battle a brush fire that broke out on the hills west of the CSU Channel Islands campus near Camarillo Thursday morning.
A new wildfire that erupted in northern Los Angeles County triggered tens of thousands of evacuation orders and warnings.