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.

El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the ...

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

An atmospheric river gathers moisture from the tropics and moves it inland. California will see heavy rain and snow in some ...

Places like California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Nevada are (somewhat) used to this sort of phenomenon. You can ...

After a few overperforming systems that benefitted Utah’s northern half, an incoming atmospheric river is slated to blast all ...

At atmospheric river continues to slam portions of California Tuesday, with multiple inches of rain expected until Wednesday ...

The weather phenomena are common for California winters, but they could cause dangerous debris flows or mudslides in recently ...

It was the first snow of the season for many in that region. Atmospheric rivers carry the bulk of their moisture at the mid-levels of the atmosphere. That’s why they are comparatively ...

Most of the California coast is under a flood alert as torrential rain and mountain snow intensified over California Thursday ...

An atmospheric river gathers moisture from the tropics and moves it inland. California will see heavy rain and snow in some areas, mostly in the north. Arizona will not only remain dry ...