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.
The deadly Eaton Fire in Altadena and Pasadena is 45% contained Wednesday, while red flag warnings of critical fire danger ...
The Eaton fire in Altadena has ravaged 14,117 acres of Los Angeles and claimed 16 lives since it started burning on January 7 ...
The ferocious flames that tore through the foothill community of Altadena ... break out of it.” Santa Ana winds are normal and common for this time of year in Southern California, but “it ...
As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado ...
Strong winds are fueling fires and kicking up dust, leading to dangerously poor air quality across the South Coast Air Basin.
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‘Fire weather’ over Los AngelesFire weather” is a term increasingly used to describe the atmospheric conditions that have rendered California’s recent wildfires uncontrollable. This emerging pattern combines hot, dry air that ...
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The first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn't come until about 40 minutes after some of those homes were already burning, ...
The Eaton Fire was 73% contained Saturday, up overnight from 65%, with firefighters continuing to extinguish hot spots in steep, inaccessible canyons near Winters Creek, Mt. Lowe, and Mt. Wilson aided ...
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