A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning has been issued for Southern California as a powerful and potentially damaging Santa Ana wind event​ is expected.

Southern California will continue to face "dangerous fire weather conditions" including strong Santa Ana winds and extremely low humidity through later this week, forecasters said Tuesday.

The PDS warning remains in effect until 3 p.m. for significant portions of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The NWS said northeast to east Santa Ana winds could reach up to 70 mph in mountain ...

THOSE SANTA ANA WINDS. I MEAN, AT TIMES THEY’VE HAD ... Weather Service calls this a “Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS),” which is issued only for rare situations during intense ...

Previous PDS red flag warnings were issued ahead of the Mountain and Franklin fires late last year in reference to incoming Santa Ana winds at the time. According to the New York Times ...

(KWTX) -One of the major factors that made the January Los Angeles fires so devastating was the very strong Santa Ana winds.

Another Santa Ana wind event is bringing strong winds to Ventura ... A red flag warning and PDS alert is in effect for Ventura & LA Counties until 2pm Tuesday. A fire weather watch also goes ...

During the first week of November last year, as Santa Ana winds fueled the Mountain Fire northwest of Los Angeles, the National Weather Service issued a PDS warning. Forecasters called the threat ...

PDS Red Flag Warnings are for the extreme of ... Unlike this week’s once-in-a-generation winds, which shifted the usual path of the Santa Ana Winds toward more populated areas and fueled the ...

A new fire has broken out in Southern California as firefighters tackle multiple deadly wildfires engulfing the state.

Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread ...

The National Weather Service announced a PDS warning will be in effect in ... comes two weeks after wildfires fueled by strong Santa Ana winds ripped through the region. "The recent firestorms ...