Idyllwild faces damage after last week’s high winds, with more Santa Ana winds on the way

Idyllwild will again be under a Red Flag Warning starting Monday afternoon until Wednesday, as another round of Santa Ana winds looks to bring dry, breezy conditions across Southern California

This comes after winds last week tore through the mountain community, toppling trees and badly damaging three trailers in a local trailer park.

"We had numerous trees that came down, impacted our power infrastructure," Idyllwild Fire Protection District Chief Mark LaMont recounts. "We were able to work quickly with Southern California Edison. They were able to shut down the power. We were able to go out and work with those crews to restore power in a very timely fashion."

Dry, windy conditions like last week's Santa Ana winds – and the second round we're experiencing this week – spark some anxiety for longtime Idyllwild residents, like Joel Feingold.

"I mean, we're always nervous. I mean, my wife and I have lived here for 18 years and full time for about 13, and we've been evacuated for four or five days, two separate times. And that's really scary," he says. But, Feingold commends Idyllwild's Fire Chief for the preparation that fire officials take.

"We wholeheartedly believe that preparedness is the key to any successful outcome," Chief LaMont explains. During last week's wind event: "We were able to up staff and bring back personnel, including our fire crew and full time reserve and volunteer staff."

"We have done that exact same thing for the wind event that we are anticipating coming up today, this evening and on into Wednesday morning."

Meanwhile, according to Riverside County Parks websites, Idyllwild Regional Park remains closed due to these high winds.

The area also remains under public safety power shutoff warnings from Southern California Edison.

Stay with News Channel Three to hear from local community members on how they're dealing with the damage and how they're preparing for this latest round of winds.