Answer: The Santa Ana winds have everything to do with weather. It starts with a high-pressure area over the Great Basin. That’s a huge area, spanning much of Nevada, Utah and parts of California, ...
What remains from the fires that broke out Jan. 7 is a charred landscape, filled with skeletal trees and blackened debris.
This process is what is thermodynamically known as katabatic wind, but in the specific case of Southern California is referred to as the Santa Ana winds. As the air descends the Transverse Ranges ...
Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread ...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has deployed fire engines, water-dropping aircraft and hand crews across the region—to enable a rapid response if a new fire does break out, according to The ...
Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but that different locations would likely be affected. By Amy Graff Amy ...
After more than a week of battling fierce wildfires driven by Santa Ana winds, the Southern California region is still facing danger as dangerously high winds are expected until the early evening ...
The winds fueling fires in Southern California are beginning to relax, but the forecast calls for their return next week.
Southern California will continue to face "dangerous fire weather conditions" including strong Santa Ana winds and extremely low humidity through later this week, forecasters said Tuesday.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Santa Ana winds are expected to pick up again this week, making the Palisades and Eaton fires, among others, more difficult to contain as they continue to rage in Southern ...
Los Angeles is reeling from an extreme Santa Ana wind event that spread the Palisades and Eaton fires. Certainly the strength of the most recent Santa Ana event was unusual, as was the devastation ...