Santa Ana winds, which are common in Southern California during cooler months, are behind some of the Golden State’s most vicious fires. They are notorious for turning small sparks into ...

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

Certainly the strength of the most recent Santa Ana event was unusual, as was the devastation the new fires caused ... as katabatic wind, but in the specific case of Southern California is ...

Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California ... during a Santa Ana wind. The extreme lack of humidity in the air causes vegetation ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Santa Ana winds are common in Southern California during cooler months ... The extreme lack of humidity in the air causes vegetation — living and dead — to significantly ...

Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread ...

explains what causes extreme winds like this in Southern California, and why they create such a serious fire risk. The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward ...