"If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for very rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior," the NWS warns.

President Joe Biden approved a one-time $770 payment for people impacted by the California wildfires through a FEMA assistance program.

The White House will issue a one-time payment of $770 to each resident affected by California's wildfires, President Joe Biden announced Monday. (Reuters)

The National Weather Service's warning about the “particularly dangerous situation” in which any new fire could explode in size in the Los Angeles area didn’t mention fire tornadoes.

A number of Republicans are calling for conditions to any federal aid that goes to California as the state struggles with catastrophic wildfires.

California and other Democratic-controlled states would need to atone for “bad behavior,” if they wanted federal assistance, one lawmaker said.

The wildfire threat in California continues this week as winds are expected to pick back up. As of Monday, 24 people have been killed and 12,000 structures have burned due to the fires.

Millions Southern Californians faced new wildfire warnings Tuesday, and tens of thousands saw their power shut off as strong winds blew across the parched landscape around Los Angeles where two massive blazes have been burning for a week.

California Governor Gavin Newsom responds to recent misinformation by Elon Musk and President-elect Trump about the California wildfires.

The long-standing feud between President-elect Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has entered the spotlight as wildfires ravage the Los Angeles area, forcing mass evacuations and killing at least 24 people.