These high wind speeds can stoke any spark, even as small as a cigarette butt, and this is how easy it is to start wildfires in Southern California.

What to know amid high winds Gale warnings are in effect for April 15 on lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron, as well as a portion of Lake Erie.

A gale watch calls for an increased risk of a gale force wind event for sustained surface winds, or frequent gusts, of 34 knots (39 mph) to 47 knots (54 mph), but its occurrence, location,and/or ...

The National Weather Service issued gale warnings for lakes Michigan and Huron. Waves could reach 10 feet on April 21, forecasters say.

Gale force wind was forecasted on the lake today with surface winds up to 50 knots, according to the National Weather Service.

ATHENS (Reuters) -Gale force wind gusts complicated efforts on Friday to contain wildfires on Crete that have razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of residents and tourists to ...

Gale-force winds caused extensive delays in the sailing of ferry boats from ports around Athens. On the island of Milos, two Vietnamese holidaymakers drowned at sea amid the high gusts, a coast ...

It may be the coldest job in the coldest corner of New York on the coldest night of the season: working the decks on the Staten Island Ferry. Gale-force wind gusts off New York Harbor drove the ...

A flag hanging by a thread whips in the wind in Kansas City on Wednesday, Mar. 5, 2025. Kansas City faced snow and gale force wind gusts overnight and into the morning. Dominick Williams ...