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Wildfires began breaking out in Southern California Tuesday morning as a life-threatening, widespread windstorm that could be one of the most destructive to hit the region in over a decade roars ...
The January 2025 Southern California wildfires are an ongoing series of wildfires that struck the Los Angeles metropolitan area and surrounding regions on January 7, 2025, and was characterized by meteorological conditions including hurricane-force winds, very low humidity, and prolonged drought conditions that led to extreme fire danger.
A state of emergency has been declared in Southern California as fierce wildfires fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds continue to rage. Thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate their ...
Red flag warnings, which indicate the potential for dangerous fire weather, are also in place for inland Orange County, the Santa Ana mountains, the Inland Empire and the San Bernardino mountain ...
Wildfire prevention programs around the world may employ techniques such as wildland fire use (WFU) and prescribed or controlled burns. [120] [121] Wildland fire use refers to any fire of natural causes that is monitored but allowed to burn. Controlled burns are fires ignited by government agencies under less dangerous weather conditions. [122]
The Palisades Fire is an active wildfire burning in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles County in Southern California. As of January 7, 2025 [update] , at 6:38 p.m. PST, the fire had spread to at least 2,921 acres (1,182 ha).
CNN national correspondent Natasha Chen and her team were wrapping up a long day of reporting on the devastating wildfires racing through the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, as the sun set over the ...
Why is wildfire smoke dangerous? Wildfire smoke is a mixture of gases and fine particulate matter created from burning vegetation and structures, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...