At least two people have died in the fires that have hit Los Angeles, California, in the United States.

By: Luiz Peres, São Paulo, Brasil.

    Los Angeles  has been suffering from severe forest fires that are advancing on homes and businesses and forcing everyone to leave their stories to the flames .

     At more than 30000 people were evacuated after extreme fires advance about the house, strong winds difficulty job contention flames of firemen.

    But, what causes the flames to spread rapidly?  Simple, the high temperatures in the region make the vegetation drier and consequently more flammable,  having this scenario plus the low relative humidity of the air that needs to be below 30% and winds above 60 kilometers per hour .

     All of these scenarios would be the perfect combination for severe wildfires anywhere in the world, but in Los Angeles, California have a combo. The Santa Ana winds “the Santa Ana winds are seasonal weather phenomena that occur in Southern California and Northern Baja California, Mexico.

   They are characterized by stronger currents of hot, dry air that blow from the continental interior towards the Pacific coast That when passing through the canyon gains speeds that exceed 100 kilometers per hour.”

Newspapers of television reports to all of these moments updated of operation to work contention flames that  They have more than 1400 firefighters acts in line front Helped in combat and evacuation work together with other public bodies.

  The forecast weather this week shows that high temperature and strong winds continue in California, Los Angeles leaving authorities and residents on alert, below is a map of fire risk ranging from yellow, which is moderate risk, to red and purple, which are more serious.

Simulation of risk fires of the day 07 until 15/01