At least 16 people are dead, according to the local medical examiner. More than 100,000 people remain under evacuation orders ...

The Palisades and Eaton fires, along with other smaller blazes, have spread in just days across nearly 40,000 acres. Flames have been fanned by a fierce windstorm known as the Santa Ana winds, which ...

The nature of the Santa Ana winds makes them perfectly suited to fueling blazes like the Palisades Fire, and climate change ...

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

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

Santa Ana winds occur when air flows west from a region of high pressure over the dry Great Basin to lower pressure off the ...

Gavin Newsom has described the Los Angeles wildfires as the worst natural disaster in US history “in terms of the scale and scope”. The blazes are on track to be among the costliest ever seen in the ...

The California wildfires that erupted on January 7, Tuesday, were triggered by the high gusts of Santa Ana winds.

By the time the winds get to the point where the Eaton Fire broke out in Altadena on Jan. 7, it’s not uncommon for them to ...

While the causes of the largest fires are still under investigation, many factors led to the quick-spreading blazes.

"Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing ...