El Salvador’s Environmental Ministry reported preliminarily that the earthquake was centered along the Central American country’s Pacific coast, southwest of Santa Ana. Videos posted on social media show items falling from shelves in a supermarket and ...

A major earthquake struck near the Pacific Ocean on Thursday morning. While the city of Los Angeles is dealing with massive wildfires, a country in Central America is now dealing with a serious earthquake situation.

At least five wildfires are ravaging Southern California, and the three largest have already killed at least five people, burned tens of thousands of acres and prompted the evacuation of an estimated 179,

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring from fall into January. When conditions are dry, as they are right now, these winds can become a severe fire hazard.

El Salvador’s Environmental Ministry reported preliminarily that the earthquake was centered along the Central American country’s Pacific coast, southwest of Santa Ana. Videos posted to social ...

A strong earthquake drove frightened residents of El Salvador’s capital into the streets Thursday morning, but there was no immediate report of damage or deaths.

Southern California will experience cooler and breezy temperatures over the weekend before another Santa Ana event develops early next week.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.

With the strongest gusts expected on Tuesday, extreme fire condition threats will prevail until midweek, L.A.-area fire chiefs say.

There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through it. It’s where the best Los Angeles writers have done their work: literati like Nathanael West (“The Day of the Locust”), John Fante (“Ask the Dust”), Raymond Chandler (“Red Wind”) and, of course, Joan Didion.

So far, the strongest winds recorded during the fires were around 100 miles per hour, which is considered hurricane-force strength. The strong Santa Ana winds are still expected to remain throughout the week, which is not ideal for the ongoing fight to contain the fires.

Dozens of communities are now under mandatory evacuation orders in Southern California with evacuation warnings affecting dozens more as crews continued battling a pair of deadly wildfires in the region Friday.