As a major winter storm batters the Midwest and East Coast, the National Weather Service is warning a destructive windstorm could hit Southern California.

The strongest winds in more than a decade could hit Southern California, potentially causing structural damage and bringing extreme fire risk to areas that haven’t seen substantial rain in months

An unusual atmospheric setup will bring strong, multiday Santa Ana winds to Southern California this week, elevating wildfire weather danger to near-critical levels. Red flag warnings, fire weather watches and high wind warnings are in effect from Tuesday morning through Thursday afternoon across much of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.