The ferocious wildfires turning areas of Los Angeles into raging infernos are being fueled by “hurricane force” Santa Ana winds that have already prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands ...

The intense and fast-moving fires that have cut a path of destruction through the suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at least two people, are being driven by the region's powerful Santa Ana winds ...

Powerful Santa Ana winds are sweeping across Southern California in a windstorm that triggered red flag warnings for Los Angeles County and created what firefighters called some of the most ...

The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires. By Camille Baker A Santa Ana wind event is fueling wildfires in Los Angeles that ...

Santa Ana windstorms happen regularly in Southern California, but experts say the current winds are stronger than usual. These winds occur when a high-pressure system forms over the deserts of the ...

The name is understood to be linked to Santa Ana Canyon in Orange County, but the weather has other nicknames such as “devil winds” or “red wind.” Santa Ana occurs during the cooler months ...

There may be no weather pattern more iconically associated with Los Angeles than the Santa Ana winds. One of the earliest written descriptions of the Santa Anas comes from the diary of Commodore ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a Windblown Dust and Ash Advisory until 10 p.m. Tuesday due to the strong Santa Ana winds that may affect air quality throughout the area.

What are Santa Ana winds? Santa Anas are dry and warm northeasterly winds that blow from Southern California’s interior towards the coast. The winds — often dubbed “Devil Winds” — are ...

COHEN: Santa Ana winds are a regime of atmospheric flow unique to portions of Southern California, where we have strong high pressure that builds over the Great Basin area.