The earthy smell that arises when rain falls is known as petrichor. Two Australian scientists coined the term in 1964.

Days after an atmospheric river brought record-setting rainfall to California, the state is in the crosshairs of another ...

While the wet weather may bring an end to a devastating run of wildfires in the state, it could also cause flooding and other hazards.

It's a type of atmospheric river that forms a long, narrow tract in the Earth’s atmosphere ... for as much as 65% of the West's extreme rain and snow events, a 2017 study said.

The wet weather fueled by an atmospheric river represents an about-face after a dry January helped ignite fires that ...

Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow tracts of the Earth’s atmosphere that gather ... "It really began reaching the coast Thursday night, and the rain is piling up." Groundhog Day results ...

San Bernardino, Ontario, Riverside, and Beaumont are forecasted to see less than half an inch of rain through Friday. Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow tracts of the Earth’s atmosphere that ...