A fast-moving brush fire is spreading in the Southern California neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. High winds have dramatically raised the risk of wildfires for the next several days.
A brush fire in Pacific Palisades has grown to more than 1,200 acres and is forcing residents in the area to leave their homes.
A brush fire in Pacific Palisades has grown to more than 700 acres and is forcing residents in the area to leave their homes.
The Los Angeles Fire Department issued a mandatory evacuation order for the area between Piedra Morada Drive and Pacific Coast Highway.
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The National Weather Service said what could be the strongest Santa Ana windstorm in more than a decade began Tuesday across Los Angeles and Ventura counties and will peak in the early hours Wednesday when gusts could reach 80 mph. Isolated gusts could top 100 mph in mountains and foothills.
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The winds act as an “atmospheric blow-dryer” for vegetation, bringing a long period of fire risk that could extend into the more populated lower hills and valleys, according to Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with the University of California, Los Angeles and the National Center for Atmospheric Research