A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning has been issued for Southern California as a powerful and potentially damaging Santa Ana wind event​ is expected.

Extreme fire weather returns to Southern California - particularly Los Angeles and Ventura counties - as winds of up to 100 mph have prompted the most urgent warning from the National Weather Service.

Southern California will continue to face "dangerous fire weather conditions" including strong Santa Ana winds and extremely low humidity through later this week, forecasters said Tuesday.

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

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region ...

Santa Ana winds — also sometimes called the “devil ... boosting wind speeds due to what’s known as the Venturi effect. Think of water coming out of your hose at a certain rate and now ...

The last time it was this dry in January, there were barely more than 500 people in San Diego. The year was 1850, and only a quarter-inch of rain had fallen in six months. It made the region ripe for ...

The shutoffs coincide with a red flag warning and wind advisory went into effect at 4 p.m. Monday and ... according to the National Weather Service. Santa Ana winds will continue through Wednesday ...

Warm and dry conditions will persist through Thursday as another Santa Ana pattern develops, bringing gusty northeast winds to Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Asignificant cooling trend will begin ...

Santa Ana winds are a geographically specific type of ... The lack of rainfall in the south has exacerbated the effects of the most recent L.A. fires. As of right now, I don't believe there ...

The ferocious Santa Ana winds that helped fuel the deadly ... got so dangerous so fast Wind and fire warnings were also in effect Wednesday for inland Orange County into parts of the Northwest ...

⚠️POWERFUL & DAMAGING SANTA ANA WINDSTORM INCOMING ... In addition, High Wind Watches will be in effect late Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning for Ventura and parts of Los Angeles ...