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Firefighters make progress: But Southern California wildfire rages on Some farmers lost crops, farm buildings − and homes Agricultural damage estimates from the fire reached $2.4 million and are ...
A Los Angeles County firefighter battles flames as a home burns from the Mountain Fire on Nov. 6, 2024 in Camarillo, California. Pushed by strong winds, the fire has burned across more than 10,000 ...
Red flag warnings are in place for Southern California due to Santa Ana winds that will bring gusts up to 65 mph and “extremely rare and dangerous” fire weather conditions.
The 2007 California wildfire season saw at least 9,093 separate wildfires that charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km 2) of land. [1] Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [5] which burned approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2) of land from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. [6]
On January 8–9, 2018, a winter storm struck California, bringing heavy rain to Southern California, and prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, over potential mudslides in areas affected by wildfires. [73]
The fires burned over 307,900 acres (1,246 km 2), and caused traffic disruptions, school closures, hazardous air quality conditions, and massive power outages. California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, [103] and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti declared a state of emergency for the city. [104]
As the red flag warnings in the area lapsed Wednesday, the South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a smoke advisory until 7 p.m. local time Thursday night, warning residents that ...
The 2003 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned throughout the state of California during the year 2003. In total, 9,116 fires [4] burned 1,020,460 acres (4,129.7 km 2). [1] [2] In October, a major wildfire outbreak in Southern California burned more than 750,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed two dozen ...