Now, Santa Ana winds are expected to sweep through the area early next week, accompanied by low humidity, meaning more potentially dangerous fire conditions. Here's what to expect over the weekend and into next week.

Yet another Santa Ana wind event is set to descend upon the Los Angeles area to begin the week, leading weather officials to issue a Fire Weather Watch. According to NWS, “moderate to locally strong” Santa Ana winds are expected to develop Monday and last through at least Tuesday.

Containing wildfires—never mind extinguishing them—in parched and windy conditions can be monstrously difficult. Dry vegetation is rocket fuel for blazes and wind both feeds the flames and spreads the embers. “The winds are like pointing an air blower at a fireplace,” says Gershunov, “except it’s not contained and it’s on a much larger scale.”

A quick-strike crew of Native American firefighters and journeymen utility workers from the Navajo Nation are helping Los Angeles residents cut through landslides, mangled trees and charred debris of

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities