Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture that extend across the Pacific to near Hawaii. When they hit land they can cause ...

An expert at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon that can wreak havoc across California.

While most look for ways to avoid the steady rain falling from atmospheric rivers, some take advantage of the unwieldy ...

While Texas enjoys the sunshine and warmth this week, parts of California are getting pummeled by heavy rain and mountain ...

It's a type of atmospheric river that forms a long, narrow tract in the Earth’s atmosphere. This jet stream gathers moisture from the tropics near the equator and sweeps it toward the poles.

Officials are grappling with the aftermath of the atmospheric river which caused mudslides and floods, especially in areas impacted by wildfires.

Both are swirling counterclockwise, sweeping robust moisture along from the central tropical Pacific and slingshotting it nearly 3,000 miles to the northeast. The ongoing atmospheric river will be ...

The atmospheric river is expected to unleash on Southern ... so named because they carry tropical moisture from the ocean near Hawaii to the mainland. During the first storm, peak rainfall rates ...

An atmospheric river is a massive band of water vapor that carries rain to ... They typically begin over tropical regions, where warm temperatures and strong winds respectively cause ocean water ...

An atmospheric river is slamming portions of California, with multiple inches of rain expected to drench the area until the storm runs out of moisture Wednesday morning, forecasters say.