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Issuing its first ever extreme red flag warning. we'll explain what that means and how significant it is as hurricane-force winds are expected to bear down on parts of the fire-ravaged state of california. we'll have a live report on the getty fire, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ born to be wild... strongve is one of a kind ♪ brilliant unbreakable ♪ engagement rings now 20- 40 percent off shop unique bridal styles at zales, the diamond store doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacist-recommendeding? memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier ...

Threatening celebrity homes including lebron james and arnold schwarzenegger. the national weather service warns it could get worse today. more from stephanie elam from los angeles. >> reporter: christine and dave, they're saying this wind event is like no other, so much so the national weather service has now said this is an extreme weather event, the first time they've ever used language like that for los angeles. they're saying these winds could be as much as 80 miles an hour and in line with some hurricane-force winds. that said, people should not mess around. want people to be prepared, r...

Want the embers to catch and increase and blow into another neighborhood as we've already seen about a dozen homes lost in the getty fire. another bit of news, the governor gavin newsome said they're going to credit customers who have been without power, the people at the kincade fire and here at the getty fire. christine and dave? >> stephanie elam. thank you, stephanie. taking look at markets around the world, you can see leaning lower on wall street and aed by of a pause in the action, futures down just about 8 points, not very much at all. stocks stepped back one day after the s&p 500 hi...

Cnn's omar jimenez is live with more. omar. >> reporter: erica, already a red flag warning means wind and humidity conditions are ripe for a fire. so an extreme red flag warning indicates that the thread for fire conditions is at a level that no one has seen in recent memory here in the los angeles area. primary here in l.a., we've been dealing with the getty fire that exposed in early morning hours on monday. we learned from investigators that it was an accidental start to the fire. meaning a branch from a tree flew off in high wind conditions and slammed into a power line. and that's what's ...

We are still waiting for the howling winds to materialize. they haven't yet. we have been told that the winds are expected to pick up between now and sunrise. so the next four hours or so will be critical for firefighters working to hold the line and make sure this fire does not get any bigger. a week after it started. the kincade fire has grown to 76,000 acres. and amid today's wind protecting homes will be the top priority today. >> what we tend to do in these fire fights during the wind event is literally go house to house and stop it in backyards. roll up hoses, go to the next house and st...