Powerful Santa Ana winds will continue to batter Southern California on Sunday, prompting high wind warnings and wind advisories across Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, with gusts strong enough to bring down trees, power lines and create dangerous travel conditions.
The strongest winds were expected in mountain, foothill and valley communities, where forecasters warned that recent heavy rainfall has left soils saturated, increasing the risk of falling trees and widespread outages.
“Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines,” the National Weather Service warned. “Power outages are possible.”…