(Bloomberg) — California is bracing for the most powerful gusts of the 2020 fire season, raising the threat of more blazes and blackouts this weekend in a region that's already seen a record 4.1 million acres scorched this year.
A storm coming off the Pacific into Oregon and Washington will push winds over the Sierra Nevada, where gusts could reach up to 70 miles (112 kilometers) per hour in some isolated canyons, said Eric Kurth, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Sacramento.
"It looks likely to be the strongest event of the year," Kurth said by telephone. "It looks stronger than any of those ones we have seen."
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