The winds fueling Southern California wildfires form when a high-pressure system develops over the Great Basin in Utah and ...

The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires.

The ferocious wildfires turning the Los Angeles area into a raging inferno are being fueled by “hurricane force” Santa Ana ...

The Santa Ana winds become particularly dangerous when combined with other climate conditions such as drought, which ...

The Santa Ana wind forecast for Southern California has worsened, and forecasters now expect to issue a red flag fire weather ...

Santa Ana winds can bring disruptive impacts to daily life in Los Angeles and parts of southern California, but when coupled ...

Devastating wildfires are quickly blazing through Los Angeles, consuming structures and sending thick smoke into the air.

Santa Anas are created by high pressure over the Great Basin — the vast desert interior of the West overlapping Nevada, parts of Utah and other ... Santa Ana winds pushed the fire south, where ...

Another wave of Santa Ana winds arrive Saturday ... bumping into a ridge of high pressure settling over the Great Basin of Utah and Nevada, creating a "tight" pressure gradient that will produce ...

That’s leading to the creation of mountain waves, which arise when strong winds blow perpendicular to a mountain range. The ...

The devastating fires across Southern California are being driven by the Santa Ana winds, as incredibly dry and windy ...

The National Weather Service has issued an extreme weather warning of a life-threatening and destructive windstorm ...