COHEN: Santa Ana winds are a regime of atmospheric flow unique to portions of Southern California, where we have strong high pressure that builds over the Great Basin area.

The intense and fast-moving fires that have cut a path of destruction through the suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at least two people, are being driven by the region's powerful Santa Ana winds ...

Powerful Santa Ana winds are sweeping across Southern California in a windstorm that triggered red flag warnings for Los Angeles County and created what firefighters called some of the most ...

The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires. By Camille Baker A Santa Ana wind event is fueling wildfires in Los Angeles that ...

A new publication by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), January 2025 Los ...

The winds from hell have returned. Santa Ana winds, one of the nation's most notorious wind events and an ongoing weather hazard in Southern California, have helped fuel the destructive wildfires ...

The name is understood to be linked to Santa Ana Canyon in Orange County, but the weather has other nicknames such as “devil winds” or “red wind.” Santa Ana occurs during the cooler months ...

Santa Ana windstorms happen regularly in Southern California, but experts say the current winds are stronger than usual. These winds occur when a high-pressure system forms over the deserts of the ...