Strong wind gusts are blasting Los Angeles this week. Here’s what to know about Santa Ana winds and why it’s so windy.

The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires.

The Santa Ana winds of Southern California can be visualized in several ways. You can see their effects as palm trees sway in the morning light or when clean-up crews arrive to deal with branches ...

Multiple wildfires are burning in Los Angeles, fueled by Santa Ana winds. NPR speaks with a National Weather Service meteorologist about why these winds can be so dangerous and destructive.

What makes the Santa Ana winds so destructive? The winds form annually as cold air travels from the Great Basin to Southern California. This year's gusts were particularly widespread.

Santa Ana windstorms happen regularly in Southern California, but experts say the current winds are stronger than usual.

And different parts of Earth — water and land — heat from sunlight at different rates, which shapes wind.What are Santa Ana winds?Southern California's winds typically flow onshore from the ...

Although the Santa Anas are a routine part of life for people living in southern California, the winds are particularly violent and destructive this time around, experts say.

The ferocious Santa Ana winds that helped fuel the deadly wildfires around Los Angeles are forecast to ease later Wednesday, but they may return.

The ferocious wildfires turning the Los Angeles area into a raging inferno are being fueled by “hurricane force” Santa Ana winds that have already prompted the evacuation of tens of tho… ...