On Saturday at 2:43 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a red flag warning valid from Monday 10 a.m. until Tuesday 10 p.m.
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted last week and roared across the Los Angeles area.
A "life threatening" and "destructive" windstorm is expected from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning across much of the Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, according to the NWS. Areas that are not typically windy will also be impacted, the agency said.
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.
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,
A perfect storm of weather and climate conditions led to the severity of the wildfires devastating Southern California.
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 National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Los Angeles and parts of Ventura County through Thursday evening, meaning that conditions for wildfires will be at their highest thanks to low humidity,
See maps of where evacuation orders and warnings are in place for three wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area.
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.”
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,
Forecasters warned Southern California could see a “life-threatening, destructive” windstorm this week, as powerful gusts and dropped humidity levels raise the risk for wildfires in parched areas still recovering from a recent destructive blaze.