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LOS ANGELES – Southern California is on alert for a ferocious return of fire danger as the National Weather Service issues its most urgent warning for extreme fire weather. Destructive Santa Ana ...
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 ...
As a major winter storm batters the Midwest and East Coast, the National Weather Service is warning a destructive windstorm could hit Southern California. 'Life-threatening, destructive windstorm ...
The threat of renewed fire danger looms over Southern California as strong Santa Ana winds are forecast to intensify Monday night, ... Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, CA. (Getty Images)
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).
The strongest winds are expected on Tuesday, according to L.A. area fire chiefs. There remains no rain in sight to help temper the flames. Santa Ana winds will keep fire threat through midweek ...
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".
A storm developing offshore from Southern California paired with high pressure centered over the West is creating yet another setup for dry, offshore winds into Wednesday. Forecasters warn that ...