10-30-2019, 11:46 AM
Southern California:
High winds fueled the Getty Fire early this morning as authorities were manning their fire lines with additional personnel ahead of an expected major wind event.
On Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued its first-ever "extreme red flag warning" for much of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
The warning predicts "damaging wind gusts between 50 and 70 mph," isolated gusts that could hit 80 mph and extremely low humidity.
"This all adds up to an extreme fire weather threat, meaning that conditions are as dangerous for fire growth and behavior as we have seen in recent memory," the National Weather Service said in the warning. The warning lasts until 6 p.m. Thursday.
Southern California Edison warned it could shut off power to more than 304,000 customers Wednesday and Thursday with the most powerful Santa Ana wind event of the season expected to descend on the area.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/fire-i...019-10-29/
High winds fueled the Getty Fire early this morning as authorities were manning their fire lines with additional personnel ahead of an expected major wind event.
On Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued its first-ever "extreme red flag warning" for much of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
The warning predicts "damaging wind gusts between 50 and 70 mph," isolated gusts that could hit 80 mph and extremely low humidity.
"This all adds up to an extreme fire weather threat, meaning that conditions are as dangerous for fire growth and behavior as we have seen in recent memory," the National Weather Service said in the warning. The warning lasts until 6 p.m. Thursday.
Southern California Edison warned it could shut off power to more than 304,000 customers Wednesday and Thursday with the most powerful Santa Ana wind event of the season expected to descend on the area.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/fire-i...019-10-29/