Entire blocks of buildings are engulfed in flames as he wildfires ravaging areas of Los Angeles continue to advance uncontained. Different videos circulating on social media show vehicles going through streets where all buildings have been reduced to rubble after being consumed by fire.
The highest gusts, up to 70 mph, are forecast for the northern San Fernando Valley and eastern Ventura County.
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – The Palisades Fire, the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history, edged closer to one of the city’s major population centers on Friday: the San Fernando Valley ... areas of Santa Monica, Malibu, and Topanga.
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The fire in Pacific Palisades and Malibu topped 21,300 acres on Friday evening, encroaching into the San Fernando Valley and prompting residents of Encino and other communities to flee the area.
On Wednesday at 9:54 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a wind advisory valid from 10 p.m. until Friday 2 p.m. The advisory is for Malibu Coast, Calabasas and Agoura Hills, Western San Fernando Valley,
The most serious red flag fire weather warning has been issued by the NWS for swaths of L.A. and Ventura counties starting before dawn Tuesday.
Maps released by the National Weather Service show what areas in SoCal will be hit the hardest by what could be the strongest windstorm in more than a decade.
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The new alert is an unprecedented fifth issuance of a “particularly dangerous situation” enhancement to a red flag warning in a single season by the weather service’s Oxnard office, which covers Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
A particularly dangerous situation red flag warning is in place from noon Monday to 10 a.m. PT Tuesday for a large portion of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
Some residents are slowly returning to their homes in the Pacific Palisades Monday, as containment of the deadly Palisades Fire has grown to 59% ahead of another dangerous Santa Ana wind event expected to bring isolated gusts as high as 100 mph Monday.