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 ...

The smallest country in Central America geographically, El Salvador has the fourth largest economy in the region. With the global recession, real GDP contracted in 2009 and economic growth has ...

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 ...

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 ...

The blazes are still raging. And this week the so-called Santa Ana or "Devil" winds are back. This is what it could mean. What are the Santa Ana winds? Santa Ana winds are hot, dry winds that blow ...

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 ...

Firefighters braced for the dangerous Santa Ana winds, which picked up speed early on Tuesday. As per the National Weather Service's forecast, dry Santa Ana wind gusts of 45 to 70 miles per hour ...