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

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 ... lined with holes that represent mountain passes.

Los Angeles is reeling from an extreme Santa Ana wind event that spread the Palisades ... if only barely. The picture changes quite a bit for Southern California. As is usually the case with ...

(KWTX) -One of the major factors that made the January Los Angeles fires so devastating was the very strong Santa Ana winds.

Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force on Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Santa Ana winds ... heavy winds before sunset as a plume of smoke from the Franklin Fire rises over the ocean Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian ...

The fast-moving wildfires ripping through Southern California are being fueled by the state’s fierce Santa Ana winds ... big bowl” lined with holes that represent mountain passes.