The Diablo and Santa Ana winds, officially classified as a foehn wind condition, are an age-old meteorological phenomenon.

High winds are expected through Wednesday, increasing the risk of fires spreading once more around Southern California.

Parts of the area are under “particularly dangerous situation” red flag warnings. The worst of this round comes late Monday ...

An extended period of critical fire weather conditions is expected to affect Southern California through the midweek as gusty ...

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

The president-elect has repeatedly threatened to withhold disaster relief money from California amid an ongoing feud with Gov ...

Everyone knows California is disaster-prone. But wildfires are supposed to be in the hills, not on the beach, and certainly ...

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

Firefighters battling raging wildfires in LA fear strong winds blowing towards the California coast will undo their progress ...

WHAT IS EXACTLY CAUSING THESE CONDITIONS AND WHAT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE NEXT? YEAH. SO THE WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT ...

Intense Santa Ana winds gusting over 70 miles per hour are the major contributing factor to the massive California wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area, not only exacerbating the deadly fires but ...