By the time the winds get to the point where the Eaton Fire broke out in Altadena on Jan. 7, it’s not uncommon for them to have less than 5 percent relative humidity, meaning essentially no moisture at all.

Extremely dry conditions and winds approaching 100 mph ignited new wildfires in the Los Angeles area overnight. Dramatic video shows how the fast-moving fires tore through homes and forced thousands of evacuations.

On Tuesday, the wildfire affecting the Los Angeles and Santa Monica area in Southern California swept through the enclave known as Pacific Palisades, famous for its beaches, where

Firefighters are battling 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 f

With flames driven by hurricane-force winds, “it feels like Armageddon,” said one woman who was forced to evacuate. “It’s just smoke and darkness.”