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Hot dry winds, pollution,

and soaring housing costs

What are the impacts of California wildfires?

Santa Ana Winds typically occur in California has seen. Firefighting efforts

Southern California from autumn through were complicated by growing population
January. The hot, dry winds from inland and expanding power grid in Los Angeles.

deserts can turn a spark into an inferno,
leading to the nickname, “devil winds.”

Santa Ana Winds occur when air

moves down from high pressure over the
Great Basin to low pressure along the

coast. The winds become faster, drier and
hotter passing through the Santa Ana

Canyon in Orange County. Strong winds,
combined with lack of rainfall or a spark

from a wind-toppled power line, can cause
dry vegetation to catch fire easily and burn

out of control.

Starting on January 7, 2025, a series

of wildfires began in the extremely dry

weather brought in by Santa Ana Winds
and became one of the worst that

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