PDS warnings for wildfires. 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 ...

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Law enforcement takes security measures during the Eaton Fire in the Altadena community of Los Angeles County, California, Jan. 9, 2025. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images ...

Since November, this is the fifth PDS warning in the Los Angeles area, according to the NWS. A strong Santa Ana wind event is expected to occur in Southern California causing extreme fire danger.

The NWS announced on X that the PDS warning for Los Angeles and Ventura counties will take effect Monday at 12 p.m. and ...

CBS Los Angeles. Another PDS alert issued, Los Angeles County reopens Altadena to residents. Story by Chelsea Hylton • 2h. I n a situation similar to before the Eaton and Palisades fires, ...

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.

NWS Los Angeles issued its first two PDS warnings in 2020. Then came two years of near-record rainfall and extensive vegetation growth. So why are there so many PDS alerts this year?

Winds will pick up this week, when PDS red flag warning will be in effect for some areas, after a weekend lull that allowed firefighters to increase containment of the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire.

Tuesday morning, a "Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Red Flag Warning" is set to begin, meaning that there is a high risk of the following, according to NWS Los Angeles:. Extreme fire behavior ...

The first PDS red flag warning since 2020 occurred across parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties on November 6-7, 2024, and helped with the spread of Mountain Fire and its destruction of over ...

PDS warnings for wildfires. 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.