Southern California is forecast to experience potentially damaging Santa Ana winds through midweek, fueling a critical fire threat for the mountains and valleys of Los Angeles and San Diego counties.

Millions of Californians are being urged to stay inside and keep windows closed due to an air quality alert issued by the National Weather Service (NWS).

Santa Ana Winds occur when air from a region of high pressure over the dry, desert region of the southwestern U.S. flows ...

Santa Ana winds are one of the nation's most notorious wind events and an annual weather hazard in southern California.

The Santa Ana winds of Southern California can be visualized in several ways. You can see their effects as palm trees sway in the morning light or when clean-up crews arrive to deal with branches ...

Santa Ana winds bring distinct weather to Southern California. Observing weather data, clues of past wind events are immediately clear. Nov. 12, 2023, Hawthorne, California: High 83F, with a bone ...

The timing of this Santa Ana Wind Event is similar to the Thomas Fire, which burned over 280,000 acres from December 2017 to January 2018 and is the ninth-largest wildfire in California history.

Power to tens of thousands of people had been shut off by Monday night as utilities worked to mitigate the impacts of Southern California’s notorious Santa Ana winds, whose strong gusts could damage e ...

Strong Santa Ana winds with gusts up to 65 mph return to the inland and mountain areas, prompting a red flag warning across ...

Strong Santa Ana winds are prompting fire concerns Monday, with a Red Flag warning in effect for dangerous fire weather conditions from 10 a.m. Monday to mostly early Wednesday for parts of ...