Forest fires in Southern California because of the worst wind storms for 10 years
Forest fires in Southern California because of the worst wind storms for 10 years
In South California, forest fires broke out on Tuesday morning when a life -threatening and far -reaching windstorm, which could be one of the most destructive in over a decade, begins and creates extremely dangerous weather conditions for fires.
Current developments on the forest fires
- fast-growing fire threatens evacuations: the palisades-feuer The fire brigade of Los Angeles is extended to 200 Acres near the Pacific Palisades district in Los Angeles, which is at risk of structures. forced seed vacuations were arranged for large areas of the coastal district, including parts of the iconic pacific coast highway. Reports show how flames crawl on structures and smoke the air in the area. The Westwood Recreation Center acts as an evacuation center.
- Fire in the Hollywood Hills: A smaller fire broke out near the Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles County, reported the fire brigade of Los Angeles .
- Rare warning: Los Angeles and Ventura Counties are under a rare red flag warning for a "particularly dangerous situation", which was pronounced by the National Weather Service. This warning applies until Wednesday and indicates a high risk of dangerous weather conditions. "Harmful winds and low humidity widespread worldwide will probably lead to fire growing quickly and is extremely behaving," warned the NWS.
- Hundreds of thousands could be without electricity: electricity switching are possible because the energy suppliers in South California are trying to prevent fires from preventing damaged infrastructure. Over 400,000 from Southern California Edison’s 5 million customers could be affected by power outages in the coming days, as can be read on the company's website. website .
destructive windstorm stirs up the fire risk
Meteorologist of the National Weather Service in Los Angeles used the sharpest words to describe the windstorm that fueled the fire risk. The "life -threatening" windstorm "will probably be the most destructive" since an event in 2011 that "caused considerable damage to the Pasadena region and the surrounding foothills of the San Gabriel Valley," warned the weather service.
The windstorm from 2011 let hundreds of trees overturn and Santa ana-Winde in population and lower areas that are normally protected from it.
This could also be repeated at this event. Many areas in Los Angeles and the eastern Ventura Counties, including parts of the Los Angeles Beckens and the San Gabriel Valley, are threatened on Tuesday afternoon and until the early Wednesday hours of damaging, hurricane -like wind gusts from 50 to 80 mph. In higher altitudes, gusts of 80 to 100 mph are likely.
According to NWS, the winds will "increase dangerous values" from Tuesday afternoon. High wind warnings are in force for large parts of South California until at least Wednesday. The strong winds are likely to lead to widespread, falling trees and massive power outages.
In addition, the winds are strong enough to make power lines, which could trigger fires. Every fire that breaks out during this time could quickly become an uncontrollable inferno.
reinforcement of the risk of fire through extreme drought
The extreme drought during a time that is usually the wetest of the year also contributes to the fire. Southern California has dried up increasingly since late summer after autumn and winter storms hit the northwest of the Pacific northwest
Although the last winter caused plenty of precipitation and snow in the southwest, the weather pendulum moved again this winter in the opposite direction - a phenomenon that is becoming increasingly common while the planet is heated and the weather conditions change from one extremely faster.
The drought in large parts of Southern California increased to a moderate level at the end of December, including most of Los Angeles County, which has been without drought since March 2023. The vegetation is dryer in the region and National Interagency Fire Center.
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