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The largest, the Palisades Fire, has spread by late Monday to almost 24,000 acres with only 14% containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The extreme fire weather and gusty winds created favorable conditions for fires to spark and spread across Southern California, according to the NWS. And there's potential for it to happen the ...
An interactive map of evacuation orders and warnings related to the Eaton Fire can be found on Cal Fire's website. The below map of evacuation zones is current as of Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
The latest Los Angeles County wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, began as a brush fire Wednesday a little before 11 a.m. before spreading to over 8,000 acres by around 4 p.m. local time.
Later in September, fire activity again decreased due to improved fire weather. [8] While numerous storms in Northern California significantly slowed fire activity in November and December, dry conditions and multiple rounds of Santa Ana Winds led to multiple wildfires in Southern California, such as the Mountain and Franklin fires.
Ken Clark, AccuWeather's California Weather Expert, who has been forecasting weather in the state for 50 years, ranks the event among his top two or three in terms of severity. This situation is ...
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
Good news for Southern California wildfires: Rain in forecast (but there's a catch) Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY. January 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM ... the National Weather Service in Los Angeles said.