Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted last week and roared across the Los Angeles area.
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning, with extremely dangerous wildfire conditions, for LA and Ventura Counties, including Malibu, from 4AM Tues, Jan. 7, to 6PM Thurs, Jan. 9, possibly into Fri,
Satellite imagery shows neighborhoods burned down, roads closed, and fires spreading across Los Angeles.
Officials said Thursday that at least 10 people have died in the blazes. More than 9,000 homes, businesses and other buildings appeared to have been damaged or destroyed in the Palisades and Eaton fires.
The Los Angeles area is bracing for potentially “life-threatening and destructive” winds beginning later today. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District announced it is closing all Malibu schools Tuesday due to dangerous weather conditions,
Millions of Southern Californians are on edge as a final round of dangerous fire weather is forecast for the region, along with a rare warning of a “Particularly Dangerous Situation.”
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.
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.
Amber Ugarte and her 7-year-old daughter escaped the Pacific Palisades fire on Jan. 7 with a suitcase full of clothes for each of them; paintings by her grandfather and grandmother; two original lithographs of Abraham Lincoln;
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) sounded the alarm that another wildfire could be imminent for California after the National Weather Service issued a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” warning. The last warning preceded the Palisades and Eaton fires,
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Multiple massive wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force early Wednesday, destroying more than 1,000 structures and killing at least two people as desperate residents escaped through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.
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