WIND DAMAGE MOUNTS.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Santa Ana winds Santa Ana Winds may refer to: 1. Santa Ana wind, a local Southern California reference to Föhn winds, a meteorological phenomenon occurring as a layer of wind is forced over a mountain range -- drying the air -- which then passes over the crest and begins to move downslope -- gave way to rain showers and cool weather Wednesday, but damage from the fierce gusts mounted as Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, growers reported that avocados worth millions of dollars were blown off trees. Each January's Super Bowl Sunday is considered one of the nation's biggest single days for avocado avocado (ä`vəkä`do, ăv`–), tropical American broad-leaved evergreen tree of the genus Persea of the family Lauraceae (laurel family). consumption, but the wind damage was not expected to mean a shortage of guacamole for dipping. ``It's not going to affect the overall supply,'' said Ron Miller Ron Miller or Ronald Miller can refer to several different people:
As growers' losses were being tallied, more utility crews were summoned to Southland communities to help restore power to the last of more than three-quarters of a million customers hit by outages, and firefighters mopped up remnants of a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu. The National Weather Service predicted partly cloudy Partly Cloudy is an industrial band based in Hollywood, California. Band members
Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. area, with high temperatures in the 60s. It should grow cloudier tonight, with a 40 percent chance of showers late. Friday is also expected to be mostly cloudy, with a 40 percent chance of rain. The avocado losses from the wind were expected to hurt growers, not consumers, industry officials said. Unsalvageable fruit will amount to less than 2 percent of the 12-month crop, so the loss won't significantly impact availability, the California Avocado Commission said. The commission said between 10 million and 15 million pounds of avocados were blown down in Ventura, Orange, Riverside and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. counties, and 5 million to 7 million pounds can be packed and sold. The Santa Ana winds blew in late Sunday as high pressure over the interior sent air flowing toward the coast, pushing back the cool and moderate sea breezes. Powerful gusts toppled trees and power poles and fanned a Malibu wildfire that burned more than 750 acres of brush as it played hopscotch through a 2,200-acre area. Just a few fire engines remained in Malibu, where more than 1,000 firefighters had battled wind-whipped flames Monday and Tuesday. Despite the blaze threatening hundreds of homes, only three houses were damaged. |
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