What makes the Santa Ana winds so destructive?
The Santa Ana winds become particularly dangerous when combined with other climate conditions such as drought, which increases the risk of wildfires like the ones currently raging in the Los Angeles ...
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How Santa Ana Winds Fueled The LA Fires
Jon Keeley, a research ecologist in California with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at UCLA, explains what ...
California wildfires live updates: 179,000 under evacuation orders; L.A. County sheriff says some areas look ‘like a bomb was dropped’
Sheriff Robert Luna said 179,783 people are under evacuation orders due to the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Lidia fires in Los Angeles County. Another 200,000 residents are under evacuation warnings.
Here's the role climate change may be playing in deadly SoCal wildfires, experts say
The Santa Ana winds are driving these wildfires to spread even faster and are making it harder for firefighters to gain control. Here's what climate experts say about what they are observing.
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LA fires underscore how much California has to lose if Trump withholds disaster aid
As wildfires erupted in Southern California, so did a years-long feud between incoming president Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom. On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly threatened to cut off ...
How the Santa Ana winds are fueling deadly wildfires in Los Angeles
The Santa Ana Winds are named after a Los Angeles-area mountain range, but the source of them actually comes from hundreds of ...
Rare Waves Break in Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island (Video)
Over the past couple of days, Southern California has been experiencing an extreme weather event – Santa Ana winds, reaching up to 100 mph in some areas, have fueled some of the worst wildfires in Los ...
Here's how to help wildfire victims as California blazes explode in size
Strong Santa Ana winds are fueling multiple wildfires across Southern California, forcing thousands of residents to flee from ...
SoCal now in 'severe drought' as wildfires rage after 8 months without rain: report
Southern California, which has not seen rain in eight months, is now in 'severe drought' for the first time since 2022 as historically devastating wildfires ravage the region. Here's how the Bay Area ...
California fires put Los Angeles and outlying areas on high alert: What to know
Los Angeles is reeling from the most destructive wildfires in its history, and firefighters are struggling to contain the ...
Additional strong Santa Ana winds brewing for Southern California
While calm winds and days of soaking rain are what fire-ravaged areas of Southern California desperately need, more rounds of wind are in store that will again cause the wildfire risk to surge, ...
Death toll expected to rise as fires rage through Los Angeles. Follow live updates.
Firefighters battled to control a series of major fires that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena, and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their ...