How do Santa Ana winds hinder fight against LA fires? We explain.
Santa Ana winds occur when air flows west from a region of high pressure over the dry Great Basin to lower pressure off the California coast, According to Accuweather. As that cool interior air flows over and through mountain passes, it accelerates, sinks and compresses.
As winds across the Southern California area are calmer than their peak and firefighters are making progress, the threat to ...
Fire crews braced for a second round of strong Santa Ana winds this week. So far, eight deaths have been confirmed from the ...
Forecasters say a "moderate to strong'' Santa Ana wind event is expected, with isolated gusts of 80 to 100 mph expected in ...
Even as Santa Ana winds continued to blast parts of the Southland, threatening to spark new fires or re-ignite old ones, local authorities turned their attention Wednesday to the possibility of rain ...
Even as Santa Ana winds continued to blast parts of the Southland, helping to fuel a new brush fire in the Castaic area, ...
Another “potentially dangerous situation red flag warning” hit Southern California Monday afternoon, Jan. 20, as fire crews ...
Some residents were slowly returning to their homes in the Pacific Palisades, as containment of the deadly Palisades Fire has grown to 56% ahead of another dangerous Santa Ana wind event expected to ...
Firefighters are looking to make as much progress against the Palisades and Eaton fires as possible over the weekend, before ...
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