The Santa Ana winds are a weather phenomenon unique to Southern California, just as the nor’easters are to the upper East Coast, tropical cyclones are to Florida, and tornados are to the Midwest.

The fast-moving wildfires ripping through Southern California are being fueled by the state’s fierce Santa Ana winds. The Los Angeles Fire Department is bracing itself for the bruising winds to reach ...

Santa Ana winds are infamous for being dry, but you may not know what causes these winds to form. "Santa Ana winds are extremely dry downslope winds that originate inland over the dry deserts of ...

LOS ANGELES – Powerful wind gusts are blowing across parts of Southern California — a wintertime phenomenon known as a Santa Ana wind event — nearly a year to the day that the same weather pattern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High wind warnings for areas of Riverside County, issued by the National Weather Service, have been extended until 1 p.m. Sunday ...

Helping drive the wildfires in Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point." The windstorms occur when cold air ...

Santa Ana winds are blowing through California, and parts of the state are at an increased risk of wildfires because of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Powerful Santa Ana winds were already causing problems across San Bernardino County on Friday as a very windy weekend got underway ...

Strong winds whipped through Southern California on Saturday, with the strongest gusts clocked at 88 mph in the San Diego County mountains region. The National Weather Service issued a high wind ...

High wind warnings for areas of Riverside County, issued by the National Weather Service, have been extended until 1 p.m. Sunday with northeast winds 25 to 35 mph and gusts of 40 to 60 mph expected.