"If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for very rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior," the NWS warns.

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for most of San Diego County amid another round of Santa Ana winds ...

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We've seen reports about Los Angeles County being under "fire weather watch" and "red flag warning." What is the difference?

The latest red flag warning includes the Inland Empire and Orange County, as well as the already ravaged Los Angeles area.

Dozens of communities are now under mandatory evacuation orders in Southern California with evacuation warnings affecting ...

A short reprieve in the strong destructive winds has granted firefighters an opportunity to curb the spread of the deadly ...

Strong Santa Ana winds are hitting fire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday morning, but the winds will relax later in the day and ...

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a red flag warning at 2:37 p.m. on Tuesday in effect until Thursday at 6 p.m. The ...

On Wednesday at 4:01 p.m. a red flag warning was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA in effect until Thursday at 6 p.m.

Conditions are expected to dramatically worsen, with “extreme fire behaviour and life-threatening conditions” over the coming ...

Dangerously high winds were expected to resume on Monday in Los Angeles, potentially hampering efforts to extinguish two stubborn wildfires that have levelled whole neighbourhoods and claimed the ...