The Santa Ana winds are fueling wildfires in southern California. Usually, they stay at higher altitudes, but this time, they dropped lower and squeezed through mountain passes.

The Santa Ana winds are spreading into San Diego County Wednesday, NWS San Diego meteorologist Alex Tardy said. The worst winds will occur Wednesday for the Coachella Valley and the San Diego area.

The winds, gusting more than 70 mph, have been powerful enough to knock over semitrucks and can carry away embers that could ...

Science behind Santa Ana winds and fires in Southern California. Story by Brenden Mincheff • 2mo. Los Angeles is reeling from an extreme Santa Ana wind event that spread the Palisades and Eaton ...

Santa Ana winds, one of the nation's most notorious wind events and an ongoing weather hazard in Southern California, have helped fuel the destructive wildfires in Los Angeles this week.

The Santa Ana Winds blow embers past firefighters as they fight the flames from the Palisades Fire burning a house during a powerful windstorm on Jan. 8, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades ...

The most effective measures to prepare for wildfires, Villanueva said, is by creating a “defensible space” around homes. He ...

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released a wind advisory at 1:40 a.m. on Wednesday valid from 3 p.m. until Thursday 3 a.m. for ...

The Santa Ana winds are fueling wildfires in southern California. Usually, they stay at higher altitudes, but this time, they dropped lower and squeezed through mountain passes.

The Santa Ana winds are fueling wildfires in southern California. Usually, they stay at higher altitudes, but this time, they dropped lower and squeezed through mountain passes.