Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.

However, the Eaton and Palisades fires proved different, as strong Santa Ana winds overwhelmed firefighting efforts. Similarly, the Tubbs Fire of 2017 in northern California's wine region faced ...

Firefighters from Northern California and neighboring Arizona have been sent to Southern California as out-of-control fires ...

Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but ...

Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds. And different parts of Earth — water and land — heat from sunlight at ...

Here’s a look at the often-fierce winds that topple power lines and trees and can turn a spark into a raging wildfire.

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region ...

When the wind rushes into Southern California from the northeast, as it does during a Santa Ana, it's coming from ... from high winds.Victor Gensini, a Northern Illinois University climate ...

explains what causes extreme winds like this in Southern California, and why they create such a dangerous fire risk. The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the ...

Strong, damaging Santa Ana winds are expected to bring extreme wildfire danger to Southern California from Jan ... winds are expected to mainly affect northern and western portions of Los Angeles ...