Foehn winds can also be dangerously strong. Back in 1982, Colorado was battered by a series of Chinook winds – the name for foehn winds in the Rocky Mountains region – so intense that trees ...

This type of wind in the Rockies is known as a chinook, and it often produces rapid temperature changes, particularly in winter. Chinook winds are the result of air rising over mountain ranges.

It is so famous in some areas that Foehn winds have their own nicknames, such as the Chinook or ‘snow eater’ in the North American Rocky Mountains, and the Zonda of the South American Andes.