Nearly a month after strong Santa Ana winds breathed life into raging wildfires in southern California, utilities in the ...

Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation ...

Hatim Naim lost his Somis home in the Nov. 6 Mountain fire that, driven by Santa Ana winds, ripped through the city and into ...

While the cause of fires remains unknown, the severity and growth of these fires can be attributed to the weather, specifically, the Santa Ana winds. Typically, the winds in Southern California ...

The relationship between climate change and Santa Ana winds — which form in western deserts, then heat up and dry out as they flow down California’s mountains — remains unclear. While most ...

The mountain range creates a wind tunnel effect, accelerating the air to higher speeds. In some cases, gusts can reach 100 mph. Altogether, this strong, dry and warming wind can spread wildfires ...

The Santa Ana winds (named for a canyon in Southern ... region from the deserts of the Great Basin to the northeast. The winds form when deserts are cold, making them more common from October ...

Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation ...

The high-pressure systems usually form in the fall and winter but can occur at any time of year. This graphic describes how Santa Ana winds typically start. (Photo: National Weather Service ...

The Santa Ana winds, Los Angeles ... the mudslides and flash floods, as a form of divine retribution — forget it, Jake, it’s Babylon — when it’s just the folly of believing a hostile ...