Tens of thousands have fled their homes as a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades has burned nearly 20,000 acres as of Thursday. Fire crews are actively working to contain the flames and stop any forward progress.

Forecasters are warning of a “life-threatening and destructive” windstorm expected to last several days and affect a massive swath of Southern California beginning early Tuesday. The offshore winds will be dry,

High pressure is building from the north and that will help to tighten the pressure gradient over southern California, producing more gusty winds.

Parched vegetation combined with strong Santa Ana winds and low relative humidity levels led to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County.

Extreme weather conditions in Southern California fueled by ferocious Santa Ana winds have created at least four wildfires, leading to at least two deaths, multiple injuries, thousands of mandatory evacuations,

Firefighters battled early Thursday to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes.