Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread wildfires into several neighborhoods in early January 2025, creating a

Strong winds fueled fires across Santa Ana in California. Dramatic footage shows a plume of smoke rising from a hillside, with strong winds swaying trees in the foreground on3. Reports indicated the large vegetation fire started Thursday afternoon on a hilltop near the US-Mexico border.

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

California Governor Gavin Newsom has deployed fire engines, water-dropping aircraft and hand crews across the region—to enable a rapid response if a new fire does break out, according to The Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES – Southern California braces for a ferocious return of fire danger as the National Weather Service issues its most urgent warning for extreme fire weather. Destructive Santa Ana ...

The Santa Ana winds that fanned the fires devastating Southern California were forecast to ... conditions and rapid fire spread with any new fires." Peak wind speeds are forecast to reach 50 ...

LOS ANGELES - As crews continue to make progress Sunday on the deadly Eaton and Palisades fires, Southern California is bracing for another dangerous wind event early this week as Santa Ana winds ...

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring from fall into January. When conditions are dry, as they are right now, these winds can become a severe fire hazard.

Satellite imagery has captured smoke billowing from wildfires south of the border, fueled by similar conditions to the devastating blazes in Los Angeles.

As this feature rotates clockwise across the region, it will support strong offshore winds across Southern California and help to fuel the next Santa Ana event ... Kansas and New York City ...

Mauricio Arellano, superintendent of the San Bernardino City Unified School District, which co-sponsored the Wednesday, Jan. 22, event, told the crowd of about 50 that all children in the U.S. have a right to a free public education — regardless of immigration status.

The recent Southern California wildfires, whipped out of control by strong “Santa Ana winds,” erased peoples’ lives and memories in minutes. Rebuilding those communities will take years, even decades.