Santa Ana winds cause the temperature to increase and the relative humidity to plummet because of adiabatic warming. The wind speed also increases as the air squeezes through mountain passes and ...

Crews are working Thursday to fully encircle a brush fire that broke out in the Santa Ana River bottom amid offshore winds ...

Last year was the hottest year in history – on average more than 1.55 degrees higher than pre-industrial temperatures. The consequences range from the predicted to the utterly unexpected.

These disturbances have disrupted the natural habitats of the Yangtze River, leading to a sharp decline in fish biodiversity and fishery resources. To address this ecological crisis, the Chinese ...

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 ...

While the cause of fires remains unknown, the severity and growth of these fires can be attributed to the weather, specifically, the Santa Ana winds. Typically, the winds in Southern California ...

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 ...

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The Santa Ana winds that led San Diego Gas & Electric to shut off power to more than 5,900 customers on Tuesday are now reaching their peak and come amid dangerously low relative humidity across ...