At least two rounds of vicious, dry Santa Ana winds are expected to blast through Southern California early this week, bringing powerful gusts that will challenge fire crews struggling to contain two destructive blazes and likely force thousands more residents to evacuate.
After a brief respite from the winds over the weekend, a shifting pressure gradient is set to send bone-dry gusts of up to 70 miles (113 kilometers) per hour through foothill communities in Los Angeles and Ventura counties from early Tuesday through to Wednesday morning.
The National Weather Service has issued a “particularly