While Oregon badly needs the rain to help fight raging wildfires, the storm could bring a deadly new danger to the region.
As the Bobcat Fire rages across the Los Angeles National Forest for its 12th day, emergency officials issued new evacuations for areas north of the blaze.
In California, evacuation orders were issued for the areas north of Angeles Crest North and between Clear Creek Station and Highway 39, Juniper Hills, Devils Punchbowl, Paradise Springs and the area east of Devils Punch Bowl Road, south of the Big Pines Hwy, north of the Big Rock Creek and west of Jackson Lake, according to KTLA-TV.
People watch the Bobcat Fire burning on hillsides near Monrovia Canyon Park in Monrovia, California on September 15, 2020.The Bobcat Fire has already destroyed 50,539 acres, 5,400 structures, 25 lives and is only 3 percent contained, despite the deployment of 1,158 firefighters.
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