Santa Ana winds are hot, dry winds that blow in from the northeast. They pick up speed as they hit the mountains around LA, ...

Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds. And different parts of Earth — water and land — heat from sunlight at ...

The Santa Ana winds fanning wildfires that have killed at least 25 people in Southern California and destroyed more than ...

At least five wildfires are ravaging Southern California, and the three largest have already killed at least five people, ...

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region ...

Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.

Santa Ana winds flow east to west through Southern California's mountains, according to the National Weather Service. They begin when winds from the desert flow westward toward an area of low ...

Firefighters rushed to contain a new wildfire that erupted near homes in the area of Calabasas and West Hills, northwest of Los Angeles, on Thursday afternoon. The ...

Cooler temperatures and strong Santa Ana winds are expected to begin Tuesday, Jan. 7, across Southern California. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer) Forecasters warned particularly ...