Gusty Winds Cause Power Outages, Bring Down Trees Across SoCal
Thousands of Southern California Edison customers were without power Monday night after Santa Ana winds raked Southern California.
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Thousands of Southern California Edison customers were without power Monday night after Santa Ana winds raked Southern California.
A pine tree went down over a Beverly Hills home, landing on its garage, while over the hill in Sherman Oaks, a eucalyptus tree impaled a Prius on Noble Avenue.
Gusty wind took scaffolding down from a high-rise building under a construction, sending metal poles and wood beams into three apartments next door.
The winds already brought down a large tree in Beverly Grove, breaking the window of one car and crushing the back end of another. At the time the winds brought down the tree Wednesday night, UCLA reported wind gusts close to 50 mph.
Dry and gusty Santa Ana winds sweeping through Southern California are predicted to bring days of critical fire weather conditions.
In total, four garages, a few sheds and some cars burned.
Winds continued to wreak havoc on the Southland Wednesday morning.
Gusty winds knocked down power lines in parts of Malibu overnight, cutting power to a number of traffic signals, authorities said Wednesday.
Thousands of residents were without power Tuesday night as gusty winds raked the Southland.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power crews continued to work around the clock to restore service to nearly all the 57,000 houses and businesses that lost power during Wednesday's major wind storm.
High winds and arcing power lines at an oil storage facility are believed to have triggered spot fires in Seal Beach and Long Beach Sunday.
Big gusts are blowing through Southern California and they aren't letting up anytime soon.
