Besides burning the most urban area, the Eaton and Palisades fires are the largest ever for California in January. Alexandra ...

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

Forecasters expect Wednesday will be noticeably windier than Tuesday and firefighters warned that vegetation is critically ...

Los Angeles is the latest of a long list of victims of worsening wildfires. But history suggests we will forget the risks and ...

The Eaton Fire in Altadena is the fifth deadliest wildfire in California history since record-keeping began in 1933, while the Palisades Fire is tied for the 14th deadliest.

The National Weather Service issued its most serious red flag warning for parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties this week ...

Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.

Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds. And different parts of Earth — water and land — heat from sunlight at ...

Here’s a look at the often-fierce winds that topple power lines and trees and can turn a spark into a raging wildfire.

The devastating wildfires in southern California have been fueled by a relatively dry winter season. One of the biggest factors, however, have been the incredibly strong winds that have been gusting ...