Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 27 people. The Palisades and Eaton wildfires continue to burn in California today. Here are the latest updates.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has reinstated the "Particularly Dangerous Situation" red flag warnings for Southern California on Wednesday.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern California.

The most serious red flag fire weather warning has been issued by the NWS for swaths of L.A. and Ventura counties starting before dawn Tuesday.

Forecasters paused the "particularly dangerous situation" extreme fire weather warning for Los Angeles and Ventura counties Tuesday afternoon, but warned that winds are expected to pick back up.

The National Weather Service says the LA fire risk ... Cal Fire now ranks the Eaton blaze as the most destructive in Southern California history. It says the Palisades fire is the second.

Another powerful windstorm is forecast to hit Southern California before firefighters are able to fully contain two deadly and destructive wildfires. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, Santa Ana winds will gust up to 70 mph and create a Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) in the fire-ravaged region,

The particularly dangerous situation alert is relatively new to Southern California but has been issued before the recent wildfires that have caused devastation across LA County.

At least four lawsuits were filed Monday morning against Southern California Edison in connection with the Eaton Fire.

More than 8 million people are in the critical fire risk zone. Southern California remains in critical fire danger in the coming days, as red flag warnings continue amid the dry and windy conditions that are fuelling deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

There has been a reprieve from the strongest winds in southern California, but winds are expected to pick up later into tonight, raising the fire danger.

Southern California Edison shut off power for thousands of Ventura County residents Monday, seeking to limit the risk of further fires.