A surfer’s experience is a grim preview of what likely lies ahead for many Californians after wildfires wiped out entire neighborhoods.

Communities like Malibu were ravaged by the Palisades Fire, and drone video shows the apocalyptic damage that lies across the city.

Malibu appears to have been entirely destroyed by the recent fires aided by historic Santa Ana winds that have ravaged many communities in the Los Angeles area.

Forecasters in Southern California expect to issue a 'particularly dangerous situation' red flag warning for the coming week as the Santa Ana wind forecast worsens.

A damaging Santa Ana wind event was peaking early Wednesday and was expected to stay strong through early afternoon.

Strong Santa Ana winds are hitting fire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday morning, but the winds will relax later in the day and the red flag warning will end Friday night.

Schools in Malibu and Santa Monica are closed Wednesday as thousands of residents are evacuated throughout Los Angeles The post Palisades Fire Spreads to Malibu as Homes Burn Unchecked Along PCH appeared first on TheWrap.

Strong winds are fueling fires and kicking up dust, leading to dangerously poor air quality across the South Coast Air Basin.

The name is understood to be linked to Santa Ana Canyon in Orange ... La Crescenta and Malibu. Santa Anas are linked to some of the worst wildfires Southern California has experienced.

Ferocious Santa Ana winds have turned the wildfires into infernos that have leveled entire neighborhoods in Southern California ... home boasted views of the Malibu shoreline, known as Queen ...

Santa Ana winds are wind events that push dry air from the inland deserts of California and the Southwest ... most recently in Malibu's Franklin Fire in December, with windspeeds we'd call ...