While this wind can be welcome in the northern Rockies, its American cousin, the Santa Ana in southern California desiccates the already dry chaparral. The tinder dry landscape easily ignites and the resulting brush fires are fanned by the high winds as it rushed down the mountain slopes. When fall winds flow southward, the are capable of bringing cool air masses down to generally balmy coasts. Along northern Mediterranean shores, these winds are called the Mistral and the Bora. In Mexico they are known as the Tehautepecer.
More violent winds are members of the hurricane family.
Australians name it the Willy-Willy, but in the Bay of Bengal, they are Cyclones while further east in the Philippines, the name is Baguoi. But not all winds are destructive or strong, some are gentle and mild. From across the sea comes the Ponente to Italy, the Solano to Spain and the Imbat to north Africa to cool hot days. Some winds blow briefly like the gust or the puff or Sz. Listen to the song of the sky.