More than a dozen people are believed to be dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions.

The latest red flag warning includes the Inland Empire and Orange County, as well as the already ravaged Los Angeles area.

Dire warnings have been issued for the Los Angeles area, with a dangerous threat for the strongest wind event in more than a decade. Outages and extreme fire behaviours are major risks

Dozens of communities are now under mandatory evacuation orders in Southern California with evacuation warnings affecting dozens more as crews continued battling a pair of deadly wildfires in the region Friday.

Come Monday is another Santa Ana wind event that will run into Wednesday, predominately affecting Los Angeles and Ventura counties.