Los Angeles on high alert with extreme winds due to return

By Nathan Frandino and Lisa Baertlein
Reuters in Yahoo! News
January 13, 2025
Category: Forest Fires
Region: United States

LOS ANGELES — Dangerously high winds were expected to resume on Monday in Los Angeles, potentially hampering efforts to extinguish two stubborn wildfires that have leveled whole neighborhoods and claimed the lives of at least two dozen people. Dry Santa Ana winds of up to 50 to 70 miles per hour were forecast to resume on Monday and persist through Wednesday, the National Weather Service said in issuing a “particularly dangerous situation” red flag warning. In anticipation, California Governor Gavin Newsom said over the weekend that the state was pre-positioning firefighting in vulnerable areas including those around the Palisades and Eaton fires, the two largest blazes that have ignited in Southern California. …Newsom said the firestorm could rank as the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history. …Private forecaster AccuWeather has estimated the damage and economic loss at $135 billion to $150 billion.

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