The Los Angeles Wildland Fires, a “Dangerous Situation” with Red Flag Warnings, and Schools are Closed through Sunday

The fires were caused by a combination of very dry conditions, high winds and low humidity. The fires have destroyed more than 12,000 structures and scorched over 38,000 acres.

According to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, there are about 92,000 people under the order to leave and 89,000 under warnings. But new evacuation warnings and orders are expected to be issued as high winds return over the next few days.

The winds along with extremely dry conditions and low humidity will lead to a “particularly dangerous situation,” with red flag warning conditions by late Monday night through Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

The San Gabriel Mountain National Monument will remain closed through midnight on Sunday because of critical fire danger, authorities announced Monday.

Sports are also providing support in other ways. The professional teams in LA pledged to donate $8 million to wildfire victims.

Redick lost his home in the fire and said it was their job to give strength and hope. “Sports are a lot of things and sports can certainly provide an escape and a distraction and hopefully sports, and tonight, can provide some joy as well.”

The LA teams were among the games that were postponed last week. The Clippers and Lakers resumed their seasons on Monday.

The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Firefighting Red Flag Warning During Beyoncé’s Super-Wildfires Reopens

Beyoncé postponed a much-anticipated announcement originally scheduled for Tuesday, citing the devastation of the wildfires and donating $2.5 million to relief funds.

This year’s Academy Awards nominations, originally scheduled for last Friday, have since been delayed twice until Jan. 23. According to NPR, the fires have impacted Hollywood stars and halted film production.

Most of the schools and offices of the Los Angeles Unified School District reopened — with limited outdoor and athletic activities — on Monday, though some schools in hard-hit areas remain closed.

It is asking customers in high-risk areas to be prepared for possible prolonged outages, potentially over 48 hours, by keeping their phones charged and a portable charger, flashlight and extra batteries nearby.

Residents are warned to take precautions to avoid starting fires. Those include not using lawnmowers on dry vegetation, ensuring trailer chains do not drag on the ground and never throwing cigarettes or matches out of a vehicle.

The county itself may also take additional steps. The LA Department of Water and Power said Monday that local fire authorities may ask it to “de-energize power lines as a preventative measure” in certain areas while the red flag warning is in effect.

In effect for parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties through noon Wednesday, the PDS red flag warning signals that “this setup is about as bad as it gets,” the NWS says.

A “particularly dangerous situation red flag warning” has been issued for parts of Southern California, as more extreme winds are expected to impact the region and deadly fires continue to burn.

There were four active fires as of Tuesday morning, with two of them being contained and 37,830 acres burned over the last week.

The Hurst Fire, which also started last Tuesday, is at 97% containment after burning almost 800 acres. The Auto Fire has burned about 56 acres in nearby Ventura County since it broke out late Monday. Firefighters have stopped its forward progress, though have not yet contained any of it.

The term “particularly dangerous situation” for flash flood watches as a tool for detecting more extreme events in the interstellar medium, as suggested by Chenard

The “particularly dangerous situation” term was first used in the 1980s as guidance for tornado watches, says Marc Chenard, a meteorologist at the NWS Weather Prediction Center. Since then, it’s been used for other hazards such as flash flood watches to “signal more extreme events.”