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.
Could the windstorm that stoked the Los Angeles fires happen in Northern California? The answer is yes, and it also resulted in a historic fire disaster. Here's an explanation of the phenomenon.
Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.
The Associated Press on MSN11d
What are California’s Santa Ana winds?LOS ANGELES (AP) — Santa Ana winds ... was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas ...
The intense and fast-moving fires that have cut a path of destruction through the suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at least ...
Smoke from wildfires in Los Angeles is drifting to the San Diego region, causing a dip in air quality and prompting North ...
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