Millions of people across Southern California are under a Red Flag warning as a dangerous windstorm fanned blazes in the Los Angeles area, including the Palisades Fire, which has triggered evacuations and burned hundreds of acres.

Parts of Southern California that were impacted by severe wildfires last month will be again threatened with critical fire danger in the coming days. The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning and red flag warning from Los Angeles down to the Mexican border from Tuesday through Wednesday morning.

A growing force of firefighters battled massive infernos across the Los Angeles area on Monday as more powerful winds moved in and threatened recent progress against wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people.

Forecasters are calling for another windstorm to hit Southern California this week, creating what officials described as a Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) across the region. Powerful wind gusts locally are expected to be between 45 and 70 mph from early Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon,

Firefighters are taking advantage of a lull in hot, dry winds to make progress on multiple devastating, deadly fires raging across Southern California before Santa Ana weather returns next week.