Firefighters battling the Los Angeles-area fires are facing fresh threats nearly a week after wildfires erupted across the region, fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds in extremely dry conditions. Threat level: The National Weather Service's LA forecast office Sunday evening issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Red Flag Warning lasting until Wednesday at noon for parts of L.

Southern California residents are facing dire new wildfire warnings and power shutoffs while they prepare to flee at a moment's notice as fire-fueling winds blasted across the scarred landscape.

On Tuesday at 10:18 a.m. a red flag warning was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA in effect until Wednesday at 6 p.m. The warning is for Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational area, Southern Ventura County Mountains,

The fire threat in Southern California has again reached critical levels, and forecasters have issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation Fire Weather Warning due to dry conditions, low relative humidity and the return of Santa Ana winds.

The highest gusts, up to 70 mph, are forecast for the northern San Fernando Valley and eastern Ventura County.

Dangerously high winds were expected to resume on Monday in Los Angeles, potentially hampering efforts to extinguish two stubborn wildfires that have levelled whole neighbourhoods and claimed the lives of at least two dozen people.