How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California
The Santa Ana winds occur when there is high pressure to the east, in the Great Basin, and a low-pressure system off the coast. Air masses move from high pressure to low pressure, and the more extreme the difference in the pressure, the faster the winds blow. Topography also plays a role.
Buildings were destroyed and nearly 3,000 acres burned in the Pacific Palisades area as thousands fled to safety from ...
Parched vegetation combined with strong Santa Ana winds and low relative humidity levels led to the devastating wildfires in ...
On Wednesday at 2:17 a.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued an updated high wind warning. The warning is for Western Santa ...
Wildfires burning in Pacific Palisades and Altadena are now considered the largest fires on record for the month of January ...
While the cause of each blaze has yet to be determined, all burned in or near foothill communities amid gusty winds and dry ...
Thousands of people have fled their homes as a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades has grown to more than 15,000 acres ...
Wind-whipped wildfire blew through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe, merging, psychically if not ...
An updated high wind warning was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA on Monday at 11:31 p.m. valid from Tuesday 4 p.m.
Forecasters are warning of a “life-threatening and destructive” windstorm expected to last several days and affect a massive ...
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