![]() Soo Kim is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. ![]() No evacuation orders are in place but evacuation warnings are in effect for Highway 20 south to Highway 175, east of the Russian River, and west of the Lake Country line and the Potter Valley area, Cal Fire also note in the report. "A Red Flag warning is in effect for most of Mendocino County, lasting through Wednesday at 4 p.m. The fire which broke around Potter Valley Road and Highway 20, east of Calpella in Mendocino County, remains at 350 acres, with 75 percent contained so far, according to the latest report posted by the official Twitter account of Cal Fire Mendocino. "Mandatory evacuations include approximately 60,000 Santa Rosa residents in the following areas: all areas west of Highway 101 and north of Highway 12, all areas east of Highway 101 and north of Steele Lane, Lewis Road, Chanate Road, Montecito Avenue, and Montecito Boulevard," the office said. If you have not evacuated from an area where evacuation orders are already in place, YOU NEED TO DO SO NOW," the official office of the City of Santa Rosa warned in an official statement on Tuesday night. "All evacuation orders are still in place within the Santa Rosa city limits due to concerns of potential threat from the fire given the forecasted winds. Read more How Did California Wildfires Start? Kincade Fire Linked to PG&E Malfunction Dry conditions will continue across most of the West as a high pressure ridge over the eastern Pacific Ocean begins to approach the coast late in the day," NIFC warned. Expect another extended period of critical conditions in the prone areas. "The next round of Foehn Winds will begin to ramp up tonight across Northern and Central California today and tonight. There are currently 7 active large fires in California which have covered 97,511 acres so far, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). Use extreme caution with any potential ignition sources, and residents in high fire risk areas should be ready and set to evacuate if emergency officials say so," the warning added. This all adds up to an extreme fire weather threat. Overnight recoveries Wednesday night will be near zero. ![]() "Although the air is cold, humidities will lower to the single digits nearly everywhere by Wednesday and Thursday, and down to 1 or 2 percent in the driest windiest locations. Damaging wind gusts between 50 and 70 mph are expected over most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, isolated gusts to around 80 mph likely," the NWS warned, according to post of the warning by the official U.S. "A strong Santa Ana wind event is expected through Thursday, and could be one of the strongest of recent memory. Read more California Fires Cause 'Hazardous' Air Quality, People Told to Stay Indoors
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