Many atmospheric river events are weak. But the powerful ones can transport extraordinary amounts of moisture. Studies have ...

An atmospheric river event is forecast to bring rainfall, snow, and the potential for flooding to parts of California this ...

The NOAA explains that atmospheric rivers are long ... they carry a volume comparable to the flow of the Mississippi River at its mouth. Exceptionally strong atmospheric rivers can transport up to 15 ...

Another atmospheric river is expected to bring heavy rain to most parts of California this week, raising concerns over flooding on the heels of an earlier system that broke daily rainfall records ...