Santa Ana winds and, their Bay Area cousin, the Diablo winds occur when air from a region of high pressure over the dry Great Basin region of the U.S. flows westward toward lower pressure located ...

The Santa Ana winds are a common driver of fast-moving, damaging fires in the area because they can rapidly fan and spread the flames. Some gusts near the latest fire have reached more than 50 ...

The timing of this Santa Ana Wind Event is similar to the Thomas Fire, which burned over 280,000 acres from December 2017 to January 2018 and is the ninth-largest wildfire in California history.

Santa Ana winds, one of the nation's most notorious wind events and an annual weather hazard in Southern California, have helped fuel the destructive Franklin wildfire in Malibu that's charred ...

When are the Santa Ana winds expected? The Santa Ana winds are expected to last from 10 p.m. Tuesday to 3 p.m. Thursday. The winds are expected to peak around daybreak Wednesday. "Northeast winds ...

Another round of Santa Ana and Santa Lucia winds is expected to develop Tuesday night increasing fire weather conditions in Southern California. The National Weather Service has issued a fire ...

Santa Ana winds and extremely low humidity were creating a dangerous weather concoction for Southern California that sparked wildfires in San Diego and forced SDG&E to cut power to tens of ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Damaging Santa Ana winds and low humidity will create dangerous conditions across much of Southern California Monday, the National Weather ...

Strong Santa Ana winds are prompting fire concerns Monday, with a Red Flag warning in effect for dangerous fire weather conditions from 10 a.m. Monday to mostly early Wednesday for parts of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Power to tens of thousands of people had been shut off by Monday night as utilities worked to mitigate the impacts of Southern California's notorious Santa Ana winds ...