San Diego Gas & Electric more than doubled the number of customers whose power has been shut off on Tuesday as Santa Ana winds began booming inland and spreading to coastal areas. Through 1:45 p.m., 5,

After restoring power to all customers Thursday, SDG&E then de-energized 6,909 customers in rural east and north county as a precaution amid high winds and low humidity, with 67,743 at risk of a public safety power shutoff if conditions worsen.

Forecasters say the winds could follow the mountain-to-the-sea corridor that spread the 2007 Witch Creek fire.

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for most of San Diego County amid another round of Santa Ana winds.

Dry and windy conditions are in the forecast Monday and through mid-week in San Diego County, with critical fire weather expected for valleys, coastal mountain slopes, and chances of light rain west of the mountains next weekend,

San Diego Gas & Electric more than doubled the number of customers whose power has been shut off Tuesday as Santa Ana winds began booming inland and spreading to coastal area. Through 1:45 p.m., 5,620 customers had lost power,

San Diego County has slipped back into severe drought conditions, with a new round of Santa Ana winds and critical fire weather conditions exacerbating the risk for wildfires to spread rapidly.

It's a race against time for firefighters as multiple wildfires continue to burn in the Los Angeles County area and strong Santa Ana winds and a Red Flag Warning are set to return to the region Monday afternoon.