How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California
The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring from fall into January. When conditions are dry, as they are right now, these winds can become a severe fire hazard.
Santa Ana Winds Turned LA Fires Into Monsters. They’re Back, Prompting Dire Warnings
The National Weather Service issued its most serious red flag warning for parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties this week as the fires still burn
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.
L.A. Fire-Fueling Winds Slow Down, Offering a Short Reprieve. What Are the Santa Ana Winds, and Why Do They Fan the Flames?
The fires around Los Angeles continue to rage on, after scorching some 40,000 acres of drought-parched land. The Palisades and Eaton fires have together killed at least 27 people and displaced tens of thousands more,
What are the Santa Ana winds that are fueling the L.A. wildfires? When will they die down?
The Santa Ana winds fanning wildfires that have killed at least 25 people in Southern California and destroyed more than 10,000 houses, businesses and other structures in Greater Los Angeles are flaring up again.
Bigger than San Francisco: LA fires carve mark on history
Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.
The San Bernardino Sun8d
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Alaska Dispatch News6d
Death toll rises to 24 as fire crews try to corral L.A. blazes before winds return
FILE - Kenneth Snowden, left, surveys the damage to his fire-ravaged property with his brother Kim, center, and Ronnie in the ...
Fires in L.A. kill 24, destroy 12,000 structures, displace thousands amid high winds
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LA fires update: ‘Particularly Dangerous Situation’ alert issued Wednesday
A final round of dangerous fire weather is in the forecast for Wednesday in Southern California as the region battles ongoing ...