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.
Even as Santa Ana winds continued to blast parts of the Southland, helping to fuel a new brush fire in the Castaic area, local authorities turned their attention Wednesday to the possibility of rain ...
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 ...
As winds across the Southern California area are calmer than their peak and firefighters are making progress, the threat to ...
Firefighters in Southern California are once again battling a wildfire, this time in Castaic in Los Angeles County, north of Los Angeles itself. Evacuation orders have been issued for the surrounding ...
Even as Santa Ana winds continued to blast parts of the Southland, helping to fuel a new brush fire in the Castaic area, ...
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said that the fire department has deployed all available resources and positioned fire ...
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