What to know about Southern California's high wind warning and Los Angeles fire risks
High winds that weather officials have called "life-threatening and destructive" are hitting Southern California Tuesday, sparking a major brush fire in Pacific Palisades and prompting thousands of power outages.
How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California
The Santa Ana winds occur when there is high pressure to the east, in the Great Basin, and a low-pressure system off the coast. Air masses move from high pressure to low pressure, and the more extreme the difference in the pressure, the faster the winds blow. Topography also plays a role.
An updated wind advisory was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA on Thursday at 12:41 p.m. The advisory is for Southern ...
At least 10 people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions.
While the cause of each blaze has yet to be determined, all burned in or near foothill communities amid gusty winds and dry ...
Kelly Curran breaks down the forecast for damaging winds in Southern California on Tuesday. This forecast is from Jan. 7 at 6 ...
Wind-whipped wildfire blew through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe, merging, psychically if not ...
Fire and wind conditions have closed several freeways and highways in impacted Southern California areas. Caltrans provided a ...
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The latest Santa Ana wind event that officials have described as “life-threatening,” “extreme,” and “destructive” is expected ...
On Thursday at 1:20 p.m. an updated wind advisory was issued by the NWS Phoenix AZ. The advisory is for Joshua Tree, Joshua ...
What we know about the California wildfires. Fierce wildfires burning out of control in the greater Los Angeles area have killed at least six people and forced nearly 180,000 more ...
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