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A map of evacuation orders and warnings for the Palisades Fire in California, as of 8:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Areas in red are under evacuation orders and areas in yellow are under ...
Starting on January 7, 2025, an ongoing series of wildfires have affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and surrounding regions. The fires, which include the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Hurst Fire, and Sunset Fire, were exacerbated by very low humidity, dry conditions, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds that in some places exceeded 80 miles per hour (130 km/h).
More than 100,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders, the mayor said. The fires destroyed more than 1,000 homes, businesses, and other structures, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony ...
There are three types of evacuation alerts: shelter-in-place, evacuation warning and evacuation order, according to Ready L.A. County. Shelter-in-place means staying indoors, shutting all windows ...
The fire is threatening San Fernando and Newhall with the Governor's office saying the Hurst Fire has prompted evacuation orders for more than 44,000 people and evacuation warnings for 27,000 ...
The strong winds are allowing fire embers to travel with the smoke over a range of two and a half miles, as more than 14,000 people remain under evacuation orders, the fire department said.
The warning can replace a Civil Emergency Message, Fire Warning, or other warnings when required. Weather radio receivers, EAS Equipment boxes, and TV scrolls will display EVI alerts as immediate evacuation, and any text-to-speech voices from the EAS boxes will read the alert as "immediate evacuation" rather than "evacuation immediate". [1]
Real time maps from California Fire Department show how the blaze has spread to over 3,000 acres of land – an area twice the size of Central Park Malibu fire map: 3,000 acres of California ...