Answer: The Santa Ana winds have everything to do with weather. It starts with a high-pressure area over the Great Basin.

The Santa Ana winds tend to cause the same corridors to burn over and over again. Experts say the region needs to adapt.

Al Roker talks to climate scientist Alexander Gershunov about the conditions that made the L.A. wildfires so devastating.

Back-to-back atmospheric river storms are set to hit Los Angeles County this week — giving the region much-needed moisture ...

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

Strong Santa Ana winds and the surrounding topography in ... an assistant professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno, joined us on 'The Nine' for more insight.

As they move down the Santa Ana and Sierra Nevada mountains and shoot through valleys, the winds compress—creating a rise in their temperature and a drop in their relative humidity. With hot ...

When the wind rushes into Southern California from the northeast, as it does during a Santa Ana, it's coming from Nevada and western Utah, over and between the mountains in between. High pressure ...

The Santa Ana winds form in a western area of the country known as the Great Basin, which includes Nevada and part of Utah. The basin sits at a higher elevation than Southern California.

The Santa Ana winds, sometimes referred to as the "devil winds," arise at higher altitudes and blow down toward sea level. The strong, dry and often warm winds blow west from Utah and Nevada to ...