PANAMA CITY, Fla.—Residents of hundreds of Florida Panhandle homes were evacuated as a wildfire destroyed two houses and damaged 12 others in an area that has spent years recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Michael, officials said Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of acres of downed trees from the 2018 hurricane, along with low humidity and strong winds, have created “the perfect storm” for hazardous fire conditions in Bay County, Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference in Panama City. “This is not a surprise,” DeSantis said. According to forecasters at the National Interagency Fire Center (pdf), La Niña conditions and a negative Pacific Decadal Oscillation—cooler sea surface temperatures in the Eastern Pacific—have shaped the large-scale weather and climate patterns over the United States this winter, leading to dry conditions and above normal significant fire potential in Florida. More than 200 firefighters and emergency workers from around the Panhandle worked overnight to strengthen …