• Southern California's Santa Ana winds topple trees, big rigs

    2 monthes ago - By Bésame

    SAN DIEGO - Powerful Santa Ana winds tore across Southern California on Thursday - topping 100 mph, in parts - blowing over multiple big rigs on several highways and toppling massive 80-to-100 foot-tall trees, including in San Diego's iconic Balboa Park where a woman was briefly pinned by a eucalyptus.
    Gusts hit 112 mph in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles and more than 90 mph near Julian in the San Diego County mountains and near Banning Pass in Riverside County, the National Weather Service said.
    Multiple trucks were reported blown over on the region's highways from San...
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  • Santa Ana Winds Batter Much of San Diego Area, Driving Tough for Big Rigs

    2 monthes ago - By Bésame

    An overturned truck on Interstate 8 near Crestwood. Courtesy OnScene.TV
    Fierce Santa Ana winds battered much of the region Thursday, prompting a weather warning at San Diego International Airport, making driving treacherous for big rigs and even toppling a tree that fell on a woman in Balboa Park.
    A high wind advisory has been issued for I-8 from Alpine to the ImperialValley line. All high profile vehicles will be detoured off at Imperial Highway.
    - Caltrans San Diego January 26, 2023
    Forecasters called for peak gusts of 30 to 40 mph along the San Diego coast Thursday, but gusts of up to...
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