Recent dry conditions played a "devastating" role in the Los Angeles County wildfires. How dry is it in Southern California?
Newsweek on MSN11d
Windstorm Maps Show Southern California Areas To Be Hit HardestThe National Weather Service has warned of a life-threatening and destructive windstorm set to affect some of Southern California.
A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.
On Wednesday morning and afternoon, winds will be the strongest west and north of Los Angeles, mostly in the mountains and higher canyons.
CNN on MSN11d
Wildfires are breaking out in Southern California as the ‘most destructive windstorm’ in over a decade hitsWildfires began breaking out in Southern California Tuesday morning as a life-threatening, widespread windstorm that could be one of the most destructive to hit the region in over a decade roars to life and creates extremely dangerous fire weather conditions.
The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A hydrologist explains what’s happening.
NBC Los Angeles on MSN7d
See satellite images capturing smoke from the Los Angeles wildfiresSmoke from the wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area can even be seen from space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration earlier this week shared satellite images capturing plumes of smoke that have clouded the Southern California skies.
Southern California is extremely dry right now, with huge portions of the region having seen less than a quarter-inch of rain in the last eight months. The landscape is parched and vegetation is withered, making the area dangerously susceptible to burning, an unusual situation for January.
On Wednesday at 6:04 a.m. an air quality alert was issued valid until 7 p.m. The alert is for Eastern San Fernando Valley, Eastern San Gabriel Mountains, Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational area,
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Several weather warnings will go into effect Tuesday for a "life-threatening" windstorm in Southern California.
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With fires burning in southern California and no rain in sight for the fire zone, forecasters are keeping a close eye on just how much rain we are getting here
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