A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning has been issued for Southern California as a powerful and potentially damaging Santa Ana wind event​ is expected.

Southern California will continue to face "dangerous fire weather conditions" including strong Santa Ana winds and extremely low humidity through later this week, forecasters said Tuesday.

The PDS warning remains in effect until 3 p.m. for significant portions of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The NWS said northeast to east Santa Ana winds could reach up to 70 mph in mountain ...

Another Santa Ana wind event is bringing strong winds to Ventura County Tuesday with multiple fire weather alerts.

Previous PDS red flag warnings were issued ahead of the Mountain and Franklin fires late last year in reference to incoming Santa Ana winds at the time. According to the New York Times ...

THOSE SANTA ANA WINDS. I MEAN, AT TIMES THEY’VE HAD ... Weather Service calls this a “Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS),” which is issued only for rare situations during intense ...

Firefighters braced for high winds, with the National Weather Service of LA issuing its most serious advisory, “Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS)".

A new fire has broken out in Southern California as firefighters tackle multiple deadly wildfires engulfing the state.

After a break in strong winds that helped firefighters make progress against the deadly blazes in Southern California, gusty Santa Ana winds are returning to the region this week, raising the ...

Santa Ana winds are a geographically specific type of wind that occur in Southern California known as katabatic winds. They are cold, dry, down-sloping winds that warm as they descend a mountain side.

The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Firefighters working against the wildfires in Los Angeles ...