Recent storms significantly cut into wildfire threat in Southern California, but experts say risks remain

Recent storms in Southern California have significantly lowered the threat of wildfires, so much so that the National Weather Service is planning to transition to a low- fire-risk season early next month. But the possibility of new blazes sparking hasn’t vanished, experts warn, since the region never really emerges from fire season.
The NWS and other local fire experts made the determination to move into low-risk fire season after Southern California got hit with several storms in November