Frigid temperatures engulfed Texas and other parts of the South on Monday ahead of a rare winter storm expected to bring ...

Southern California is heading into a day of its most extreme fire weather conditions — an unprecedented fifth time the National Weather Service office has sounded the alarm this season ...

Gusts of up to 70 mph are possible along the coast and valleys, and in the mountains, up to 100 mph, the National Weather ...

Besides burning the most urban area, the Eaton and Palisades fires are the largest ever for California in January. Alexandra ...

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

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 devastating wildfires in southern California have been fueled by a relatively dry winter season. One of the biggest factors, however, have been the incredibly strong winds that have been gusting ...

The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires.