Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds.

A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning has been issued for Southern California as a powerful and potentially ...

The Santa Anas are expected to be most powerful Monday night into Tuesday. Fire services across the region say they are ready ...

Gusts of up to 70 mph are possible along the coast and valleys, and in the mountains, up to 100 mph, the National Weather ...

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region ...

A "particularly dangerous situation warning'' has been issued for L.A. and Ventura counties due to dangerous winds and very ...

Just a few years after the ozone hole was detected via satellite, the industrialized nations of the world, meeting in ...

Scorching, deadly fires that tore through Los Angeles apace last week were whipped up by furious winds that had barrelled in from the desert. The blazes are still raging. And this week the so ...

Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.

A "Particularly Dangerous Situation" warning remains in effect as strong winds cause extreme fire danger in Southern ...

Firefighters in Southern California are once again battling a wildfire, this time in Castaic in Los Angeles County, north of ...