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Wide swaths of Southern California have seen only one significant rainstorm in more than eight months — producing for many areas a record dry start to the water year, which began Oct. 1. In the ...
As a brutal storm blows into California, wind gusts peaked at 61 miles per hour in the state’s southern region yesterday. Meanwhile, Santa Rosa island, just off the state’s coast, saw peak ...
Southern California, already battered by a powerful storm this week, should expect more rain by the weekend, forecasters said. Here is what to expect. Timeline.
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 17 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5]The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
In 1934 a storm over the Southern California mountains unleashed runoff so intense that 30 people were killed, more than 480 homes were destroyed and a nearly 60-ton (54-metric ton) boulder was ...
At the beginning of December, the Santa Ana winds fanned wildfires across southern California, which were fueled by a lack of rainfall during what is normally the region's rainy season. [8] The December fires burned 307,953 acres (124,624 ha) of which 281,893 acres (114,078 ha) were burned during the Thomas Fire , the largest fire in the state ...
California's fire protection agency provided the following data on the ongoing fires. Palisades Fire : 23,448 acres burned, 90% contained – started Jan. 7 Eaton Fire : 14,021 acres burned, 98 ...
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".