California wildfire live updates: Los Angeles area on alert as high winds fan the flames
Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the Greater Los Angeles area.
Los Angeles wildfires: Firefighters face several more critical hours of Wednesday’s dangerous winds
The Eaton and Palisades fires are now the most destructive wildfires in Southern California history, according to Cal Fire. Follow for live updates.
Los Angeles firefighters brace for threat of more powerful winds
The threat of powerful wind gusts combined with bone-dry humidity in Los Angeles on Wednesday could pose a severe test for firefighters who have been battling to keep monstrous fires in check since last week.
Los Angeles wildfires: 'Life-threatening,' powerful winds bring elevated fire risk
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said Tuesday that “life-threatening and destructive and widespread winds” are in the region, which could fuel the growth of new or existing wildfires in Los Angeles County and Ventura County.
Fire-scarred Los Angeles is under another rare warning as winds pick up
Millions in Los Angeles are on edge as winds pick up during a final round of dangerous fire weather forecast for Wednesday.
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Weary Los Angeles residents face new wildfire wind warnings: Live updates
Though winds were weaker than predicted Tuesday, firefighting crews awaited the return of dangerous winds that could fuel new blazes.
How Dangerous Winds Fuel Los Angeles Wildfires
Containing wildfires—never mind extinguishing them—in parched and windy conditions can be monstrously difficult. Dry vegetation is rocket fuel for blazes and wind both feeds the flames and spreads the embers. “The winds are like pointing an air blower at a fireplace,” says Gershunov, “except it’s not contained and it’s on a much larger scale.”
LA fires live updates: Dangerous winds and dry conditions forecast for Wednesday
Millions of Southern Californians were on edge as a final round of dangerous fire weather was forecast for the region on Wednesday, along with a rare warning of a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” for an area near where two massive blazes have killed at least 25 and destroyed thousands of homes.
L.A. Fires Live Updates: "Particularly dangerous" winds warning yet again for Southern California
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton wildfires continue to burn out of control in Southern California.
Wind gusts, humidity may test firefighters battling Los Angeles blazes
The threat of powerful wind gusts, combined with bone-dry humidity, in Los Angeles on Wednesday could test firefighters who ...
LA gets brief reprieve from winds, but warnings of 'fast-moving fire': Live updates
Officials are bracing for the return of fierce Santa Ana winds as they try to contain large blazes in the Los Angeles area.
25 people dead in Palisades and Eaton fires as Los Angeles braces for more high winds, red flag weather
Mandatory evacuations for more than 100,000 people remain in place for the wildfires, which started Jan. 7 amid a powerful ...
LA fires: Santa Ana hurricane-force winds could intensify wildfires
Firefighters held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as ...
LA under new wind fire warning on Wednesday as death toll creeps up
Officials expect high winds to kick up again early on Wednesday - as a 25th death is confirmed in the US disaster.
Firefighters prepare for increasing gusts following brief reprieve for LA area
With winds not reaching dangerous levels Tuesday evening, the National Weather Service pushed back its dire warning of ...