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A state of emergency has been declared in Southern California as fierce wildfires fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds continue to rage. Thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate their ...
Powerful Santa Ana winds are returning to the Los Angeles area this week, ... Live updates. AccuWeather said it ... Jan. 12, 2025. Just about all of Southern California, including Los Angeles and ...
Southern California is facing a #CriticalFireWeather event through Thursday, with strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity creating extreme wildfire risks. ... (@CAL_FIRE) January 7, 2025.
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 7 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
Santa Ana winds coupled with dry conditions have created the perfect storm for ... A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as homes burn amid a powerful windstorm on Jan. 8, 2025 in Los Angeles ...
Santa Ana winds will increase into early Tuesday, bringing the threat of damaging winds gusting from 60 to 80 miles per hour across the prone mountain regions surrounding Los Angeles.Spanning from ...
LA fires live updates: New blazes fanned by Santa Ana winds Chris Nesi, Isabel Keane, Elisha Fieldstadt, Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Alex Oliveira, Thomas Gamba-Ellis January 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".