Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.D​ry, windy conditions have forced thousands to evacuate over the past few days in the Los Angeles area,

The blazes - named Laguna, Sepulveda, Gibbel, Gilman and Border 2 - flared up on Thursday in Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura and Riverside.

The fire threat remains critical in Southern California, where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders Wednesday as fire crews battled the out-of-control Hughes Fire near Castaic, a suburb in the foothills and mountains of northern Los Angeles County.