Strong Santa Ana winds rage multiple wildfires across California, including Los Angeles, Palisades, and Eaton. What caused the fires in California to spread so quickly?

The wildfiresThe reason for the start of the California wildfires is in part due to the Santa-Ana winds. These form over the Sierra mountains when

Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but that different locations would likely be affected.

The strong winds that make wildfires almost impossible to battle and contain picked back up in Southern California Wednesday morning.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has deployed fire engines, water-dropping aircraft and hand crews across the region—to enable a rapid response if a new fire does break out, according to The Associated Press.

By 2020, as a result of California s recent extreme environmental and social policies the state lost 4 3 million acres to wildfires

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities

The destruction in parts of Altadena, a few miles to the west of Sierra Madre, and Pacific Palisades, which had burned in a separate fire on the other side of Los Angeles, made these areas appear bombed out.

By Chris Kirkham, Judith Langowski and Peter Henderson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Seven years before wildfires tore through opposite ends of the Los Angeles area, the Tubbs Fire in Northern California's Sonoma County jumped a six-lane freeway and decimated Santa Rosa's Coffey Park subdivision,

This aerial image shows a mud-covered road in Topanga, Calif., on Monday. (KABC-TV via AP)

Every surfer knows what it’s like to be caught inside by a freak set. There’s nothing to do except try to survive it. The LA fires are no different. Amplified by a warming climate and clearly of a scale no amount of preparedness could ever contain,

The fires began on Jan. 7, 2025, what seemed like a regular Tuesday morning, fueled by historic gusts of Santa Ana winds.