Multiple wildfires fueled by strong Santa Ana winds and dry conditions have ravaged Southern California, causing fatalities, injuries, and widespread evacuations.
Multiple wildfires are currently raging through Southern California . At least two people have been killed and several others have been injured in the Eaton Fire. The Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Woodley fires have burned through thousands of acres and prompted sweeping evacuations around Los Angeles County. The dry landscape in the region heavily contributed to the fire's ability to spread quickly. Only 0.
16 inches of rain has fallen in the region since May 6, according to the National Weather Service. But without the low humidity and extreme winds, the dry landscape wouldn't present as big of a threat. A 'life-threatening' Santa Ana windstorm sparked severe wildfires in Southern California -- more than 24 hours in advance of the first wildfire. Bike riders make their way along the coast as a large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, from Santa Monica, Calif., on 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. The sinking air associated with the colder dense air aloft was able to descend, bringing damaging mountain waves across the Los Angeles and Ventura County mountains that then crashed into the foothills and some coastal communities. As the upper support relaxes later on Wednesday, with the upper low pushing east, the strong winds should taper off to moderate, typical Santa Ana winds late morning into the afternoon hours, Kaplan said. The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025
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