Multiple wildfires are currently raging through Southern California.
The remains of a house burned to the ground as a result of the Palisades wildfire in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Jan. 8, 2025.At least two people are dead and several others injured as the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Woodley fires burned through thousands of acres and prompted sweeping evacuations around Los Angeles County.
A hose is used from outside the window of a building, as the Eaton Fire burns in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 7, 2025.What made the Santa Ana wind event so severe is the upper-level support lining up with the surface gradient, Curt Kaplan, a retired operational forecaster for the National Weather Service in Oxford, California, told ABC News. The upper low that moved over Baja California caused a strong colder air subsidence, or sinking, north-northeast over the region.
Many of the cities -- like Burbank, Pasadena and Beverly Hills -- as well as the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, are not usually affected by typical Santa Ana northeast winds, Kaplan said.
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