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.
Hurricane force winds are fanning the flames of the Southern California wildfires. What are Santa Ana winds?
At least five wildfires are ravaging Southern California, and the three largest have already killed at least five people, burned tens of thousands of acres and prompted the evacuation of an estimated 179,
Follow The Post’s live updates as the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Sunset fires continue to rip Los Angeles as the death toll ...
By the time the winds get to the point where the Eaton Fire broke out in Altadena on Jan. 7, it’s not uncommon for them to ...
"Critical fire-weather conditions will unfortunately ramp up again ... for southern California and last through at least ...
With the Santa Ana winds blowing across San Diego, for many residents in the East County that means power shutoffs. Thousands ...
Unhealthy air quality is also expected to continue across much of the Los Angeles region throughout the weekend. Porter ...
California wildfires have killed at least 16 people, a death toll expected to climb for the Palisades and Eaton blazes that ...
Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades grew to more than 20,400 ...
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