The fast-growing field began two decades ago and is now firmly established, but it is still sometimes hampered by a lack of ...

The pioneering science linking climate to weather disasters Extreme weather is becoming more destructive as the world warms, but how can we say that climate change intensified the fires in Los Angeles ...

Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread ...

Southern California is facing fierce fires fueled by the Santa Ana winds, which threaten homes and put firefighters to the ...

(KWTX) -One of the major factors that made the January Los Angeles fires so devastating was the very strong Santa Ana winds.

Pacific as of late, now drawing the ire of Beijing by accepting U.S.-made defense systems in the northernmost reaches of its ...

On top of this, the Santa Ana winds, Southern California’s seasonal gusts, were unusually strong. They typically blow from the northeast toward the coast in the wintertime, but this year ...

Days before hurricane-force Santa Ana wind gusts fueled fires that devastated Los Angeles, meteorologists posted eerily accurate warnings that such a scenario was possible. But they’ve had a ...

The terrain allows for the development of Santa Ana winds that cause any fire to spread very quickly. On a smaller scale, I saw firsthand how the wind and terrain could turn a small fire into a ...

Joan Didion There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through it. It’s where the best Los Angeles writers have done their work ...