Power Outages Due to Wind

The Santa Ana winds has been causing many problems in the Western United States. One of the most recent has been large power failures due to the wind, leaving tens of thousands without power. The winds were shown to have reached a peak gust of 97 miles per hour in California, and up to 123 miles per hour in Colorado. 

Many motorways were closed after vehicles were flipped over by wind speeds.

Luckily the wind speeds are slowing down, but the speeds have been reported to be the strongest in a decade. It leaves speculation for what the causes for the increase in wind velocity. Another problem is how to protect against these winds. So far, there has been an estimate of $3.5 million damage to infrastructure, and trying to protect again the winds will leave to an even further cost. Hopefully there can be a way to lessen the  wind speed from hitting homes and other cars.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16010064