Try GOLD - Free
Heat wave gives way to storms
Los Angeles Times
|September 03, 2025
Lightning combined with strong wind gusts and high temperatures will raise fire risks.
A FALLEN TREE rests on the home of the Juarez family on Mt. Whitney Avenue in Riverside on Tuesday.
Scorching temperatures that baked Southern California over Labor Day weekend will continue this week paired with thunderstorms and lightning strikes that will heighten fire risks across much of the state.
A surge of monsoonal moisture, not uncommon during summer months, moved into the state from the southwest desert region early Tuesday, bringing lightning across much of California.
Monsoon thunderstorms can trigger dust storms, lightning sparked wildfires and downpours that result in flooding.
Lightning paired with potential wind gusts of up to 50 mph and high temperatures reaching into the triple digits in some areas will significantly raise fire weather concerns through at least Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
Meteorologists tracked 50 to 100 lightning strikes per hour across Southern California on Tuesday morning, said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
"This one has quite a bit of energy with it," Lewis said.
This story is from the September 03, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Paramount sheds 1,600 more workers as Ellison's team digs in
Tech scion David Ellison marked his 96th day running Paramount by disclosing an upbeat financial outlook for next year and a plan to reduce an additional 1,600 workers.
3 mins
November 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
A facade at national parks?
Camps and bathrooms stayed open, but behind the scenes, conservation and research services ended during shutdown
5 mins
November 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
New visa rules may bar obese people
Medical conditions can be reason to reject overseas applicants, White House says.
3 mins
November 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
INSIDE THE SEARCH FOR MELODEE
As details emerge in the missing girl's case, her relatives are frantic for answers
5 mins
November 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
McIlroy's legacy is secure, but he's not ready to lay up
Desire to win drives Masters winner, and he has goals, including perhaps ’28 Olympics.
4 mins
November 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'THE HUNGER GAMES' TAKES CENTER STAGE
The play, which adapts the first novel and film, opens at a theater designed as an interactive arena to amplify its brutality
8 mins
November 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
LAPD's spending irritates council
L.A.'s elected leaders took a dramatic step to cut police spending this year, chopping in half the number of officers that Mayor Karen Bass had been hoping to hire.
3 mins
November 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
California could be hit with days of heavy rain
A fast-moving atmospheric river is heading toward California this week and could pack a punch, threatening periods of heavy rain and possible flooding and debris flows in recently burned areas.
5 mins
November 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Harden’s triple-double just not enough
The reeling Clippers lose fifth in a row as Hawks pull away in the final five minutes.
1 mins
November 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Novartis opens new manufacturing plant in Carlsbad
Swiss drugmaker Novartis opened a new 10,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Carlsbad to make cancer drugs, as part of its promised $23-billion investment push to build out its domestic U.S. facilities over the next five years.
1 mins
November 12, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size