More than 100,000 people and businesses remain without power Thursday as wildfires continue to rage across Southern California. As of about 1:16 p.m. ET, nearly 108,000 outages had been reported, according to the USA TODAY power outage tracker.

Extreme weather conditions in Southern California fueled by ferocious Santa Ana winds have created at least four wildfires, leading to at least two deaths, multiple injuries, thousands of mandatory evacuations, and widespread property destruction. ➤ Get weather and fire alerts via text: Sign up to get current wildfire updates by location

High winds that weather officials have called "life-threatening and destructive" are hitting Southern California Tuesday, sparking a major brush fire in Pacific Palisades and prompting thousands of power outages.