For those who sat inside a rattling house and watched 100-foot-tall trees topple over, the storms were an eye-opener. The Santa Anas could be that dangerous? Perilous winds have always been ...

Firefighters in California are preparing for the return of powerful Santa Ana winds, which are expected to gust up to 70 miles per hour on Wednesday, potentially leading to more wildfire evacuations.

Santa Ana winds are common in Southern California during cooler months. Here’s a look at the often-fierce winds that topple power lines and trees and can turn a spark into a raging wildfire ...

And then there are lingering concerns the Santa Ana winds might kick up and turn a new brush fire into ... the result of a high-pressure system over the region. But then it figures to give way ...

News reports have warned about the Santa Ana winds and their power to turn modest wildfires into conflagrations ... the Eaton Fire destroyed over 14,000, and the Hurst Fire nearly 800.

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 ...

Parts of Southern California continue to battle extreme drought as wind advisories remain in place amid Santa Ana winds that could ... produced stronger winds over a greater geographic area.

says the Santa Ana winds are most common during the cooler months from September through May. They are caused by high pressure over the desert of the southwestern U.S. that pushes through the mountain ...