Why is California’s wind blowing so hard in January?
In the hours before fierce Santa Ana winds rushed through the canyons of Los Angeles, igniting homes and claiming lives, we felt Diablo winds here. But they just created ripples in mud puddles. They ...
Santa Ana Winds: What's Causing California's 'Life-Threatening' Storm?
Southern California is facing a major Santa Ana windstorm expected to bring dangerous and destructive conditions. Gusts of 50–70 mph are forecasted from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning, ...
Firefighters on standby as damaging winds return to Los Angeles
The Santa Ana winds are forecast to batter Southern California again, fuelling dangerous fire conditions over the next few ...
Winds in Southern California are expected to calm, but the fire threat continues this week
As winds across the Southern California area are calmer than their peak and firefighters are making progress, the threat to ...
How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California
The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region ...
Southern California on edge as extreme Santa Ana winds, fire danger return and PDS warning takes effect in LA area
A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning has been issued for Southern California as a powerful and potentially ...
Five images that explain why the LA fires spread so fast
From more vegetation to flying embers, the BBC Earth team look at why the fires in LA have been so intense and why they've ...
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Why is California’s wind blowing so hard in January?
That’s created conditions for the deadly inferno in Southern California ... The Diablo and Santa Ana winds, officially classified as a foehn wind condition, are an age-old meteorological ...