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Wildfire in Orange County Coastal, California

Wildfire February 10, 2022 – February 14, 2022 · Orange County Coastal, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Emerald Fire burned 154 acres near Laguna Beach and Crystal Cove State Park during a Southern California Santa Ana wind event. Evacuation orders were in place near burn areas. No burned structures or injuries reported.

The wider storm

A ridge of high pressure over the western U.S. provided very warm and windy conditions. Areas near the coast reached into the 90s with records broken, along with wind gusts over 70 MPH in parts of the mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1008678. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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