"A strong Santa Ana Wind event is expected to develop Monday and last through at least Tuesday," the National Weather Service ...
The Hughes Fire near Castaic, California, has burned over 5,000 acres, prompting evacuations and school closures.
Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point." The windstorms ...
The Hughes Fire, near the Castaic Lake area, spread to more than 10,000 acres as the smaller Sepulveda and Laguna fires broke out.