Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

The Santa Ana winds ... Angeles and Santa Ana in Orange County, from which the winds derive their name. But this year, he said, the winds were able to travel over the San Gabriel Mountains ...

What causes the Santa Ana winds? The Santa Ana winds are ... the difference in the pressure, the faster the winds blow. Topography also plays a role. As the winds rush downslope from the top of the San Gabriel Mountains, they become drier and hotter.

According to AccuWeather, a storm sliding south along the California coast from Friday to Sunday could bring some much-needed rainfall.

Dangerous Santa Ana winds are expected to return to the ... the only places I would go would be D.C., Sacramento, San Francisco and New York, in relation to L.A," the Times reported.

San Diego wildfires resulted in residents evacuating the area. Two fires occurred early Tuesday morning. Intense winds are causing dangerous fire conditions in communities. Wildfires in San Diego have led to mandatory evacuations in the area on Tuesday.

The blaze has burned just over 14,000 acres near Pasadena. It is 89% contained. This fire has burned 80 acres in San Diego County and is 30% contained. Jacey Fortin The Friars fire burned a few acres in San Diego’s Mission Valley neighborhood Tuesday afternoon,

The blazes have grown to more than 37,000 acres, killing at least 25 people and destroying thousands of structures.

Just a few years after the ozone hole was detected via satellite, the industrialized nations of the world, meeting in Montreal in 1987, adopted what is known as the Montreal Protocol.

Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but that different locations would likely be affected.

Two weeks after the Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed thousands of homes in two distinct LA-area communities, many in Los Angeles County are still in a state of shock, even as donation drives peter out and the focus starts to shift from immediate support for fire survivors to broader questions about how the region could rebuild and recover .