SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fast-moving brush fire in Northern California prompted an evacuation of an Oakland neighborhood and damaged at least four structures. At least 80 firefighters were battling the 8-acre (3.
SAN FRANCISCO — A fast-moving brush fire in Northern California prompted an evacuation of an Oakland neighborhood and damaged at least four structures.
A California utility shut off power in 19 counties in the northern and central part of the state as a major “diablo wind” — notorious in autumn for its hot, dry gusts — spiked the risk of power lines sparking a wildfire. A total of about 20,000 customers could lose power temporarily in the next couple of days, PG&E said in a statement Friday.
During a diablo wind, common in the fall, the air is so dry that relative humidity levels plunge, drying out vegetation and making it ready to burn. The name — “diablo” is Spanish for “devil” — is informally applied to a hot wind that blows near the San Francisco region from the interior toward the coast as high pressure builds over the West.
Winds around greater Los Angeles won’t be as powerful as up north, with gusts between 25 and 40 mph possible in mountains and foothills, said Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Los Angeles-area office.
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