In recent days, however, the region’s powerful Santa Ana winds—which have been fanning the flames—have begun to slow down. This lull has offered firefighters a reprieve and a key opportunity to make progress against the blazes, but forecasts suggest the Santa Ana will return next week. What are these gusts, and how have they become so strong?

After a break in strong winds that helped firefighters make progress against the deadly blazes in Southern California, gusty Santa Ana winds are returning to the region this week, raising the ...

Last week, Santa Ana wind gusts reached hurricane strength ... mountains and dive into the urban coastal plains of Southern California, their molecules are compressed and they warm up.

The winds fueling Southern California wildfires form when a high-pressure system develops over the Great Basin in Utah and Nevada

Another wave of Santa Ana winds arrive Saturday, likely generating gusts over 40 mph throughout the Inland Empire going into Sunday.

Things will remain relatively calm for the weekend, but "a difficult to resolve weather pattern" begins early to mid-next week, the NWS said.

Santa Ana winds in Southern California are often-fierce winds that topple power lines and trees and can turn a spark into a raging wildfire.

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

We haven't had rain since May. It’s a sign of how human-caused climate change is making Southern California weather more extreme.

The first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes after some homes were burning.

A Pacific Palisades man shared heartbreaking video of the moment he realized the Palisades Fire destroyed his childhood home.