That’s where the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center is warning of an extremely critical wildfire risk zone, which is reserved for only the most serious setups. The agency is calling for a “volatile and long-duration combination of ...

Much of Southern California is facing weather carrying wildfire risks, threatening a "particularly dangerous situation" due to especially dry conditions and strong winds that can spark and quickly spread wildfires,

On Wednesday, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles issued a rare red flag warning for Los Angeles and Ventura Counties alerting of "extreme fire risk."

Southern California faces a period of "extremely critical" fire danger as strong Santa Ana winds create tinderbox-like conditions in metro Los Angeles and other areas from Wednesday through Friday. Threat level: The National Weather Service has raised the alert level for this fire weather event to the highest on the scale,

Gusty Santa Ana winds are expected to return Wednesday and continue into Thursday, bringing with them elevated fire risk, officials said.

A very strong, widespread and long-duration Santa Ana wind event will bring extreme fire weather conditions to many areas of Southern California, but particularly Los Angeles and Ventura counties into Thursday.