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

The Santa Ana winds become particularly dangerous when combined with other climate conditions such as drought, which increases the risk of wildfires like the ones currently raging in the Los Angeles ...

Multiple wildfires are currently raging through Los Angeles County, forcing evacuations and destroying neighborhoods. A long dry summer created ample fuel that has combined with a lack of rainfall ...

To understand how the Santa Ana winds form, Mr. Hall said, imagine the Great Basin as “a big bowl,” topographically speaking, its sides lined with holes representing mountain passes.

The winds fueling Southern California wildfires form when a high-pressure system develops over the Great Basin in Utah and ...

The Santa Ana winds that spread the fires with lightning speed blew with ... It is famous for its rapid growth into a perfect ...

Santa Ana winds can bring disruptive impacts to daily life in Los Angeles and parts of southern California, but when coupled ...

How do they form? Santa Anas are created by high pressure ... Humidity levels often plunge to single-digit percentages during a Santa Ana wind. The extreme lack of humidity in the air causes ...

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

Much of inland San Diego County was whipped yet again by a strong Santa Ana wind event Monday into Tuesday, contributing to ...

So far, the strongest winds recorded during the fires were around 100 miles per hour, which is considered hurricane-force strength. The strong Santa Ana winds are still expected to remain throughout ...