Southern California’s notorious winds have swept through Santa Clarita, leaving a trail of fallen trees, power outages, and concern among residents. On Tuesday night, a city tree toppled onto a house on the 23100 block of Cerca Drive in Saugus.
Parts of the area are under “particularly dangerous situation” red flag warnings. The worst of this round comes late Monday through Wednesday,
Forecasters paused the "particularly dangerous situation" extreme fire weather warning for Los Angeles and Ventura counties Tuesday afternoon, but warned that winds are expected to pick back up.
“Currently, there are no SCE customers under consideration for a Public Safety Power Shutoff,” Gabriela Ornelas, spokesperson for SCE said. However, there are still customers without power due to previous PSPS. If SCE determines the need for a PSPS next week, customers are set to be notified before the lights go out.
The map shows that parts of Southern California expecting 50 to 70 mph winds include Santa Clarita, Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Hemet. There is a wider spread area of 30 to 50 mph winds that extends to Mohave, Frazier Park, Coachella, San Diego and down to Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico.
Although the cause of each blaze has yet to be determined, they all burned in or near foothill communities amid gusty winds and dry air and vegetation.
While winds will be weaker on Thursday, another Santa Ana wind event is forecasted for Friday, with wind advisories likely in the Santa Clarita Valley to Point Mugu area from early morning to early afternoon, according to the NWS Los Angeles.
How dry is it in Southern California? See the drought levels and recent rainfall totals for several counties in the region.
The earliest tunnels in Southern California were built for shelter, or mining purposes, but as civilization encroached, the region’s mountainous terrain required tunnels for railroads, aqueducts, and eventually, automobiles.
Southern California braced for another round of wicked Santa Ana winds after three wildfires erupted on Tuesday.
High winds have dramatically raised the risk of wildfires for the next several days.Palisades FireA brush fire in Pacific Palisades has grown to more than 21,000 acres and is forcing residents in the area to leave their homes.
With winds due to pick back up Tuesday, the region braces; advice from Northern California victims is to get back to practice as soon as possible