Atmospheric rivers, a meteorological phenomenon responsible for heavy rain and wind events, have become more frequent and intense over the past 45 years due to global warming.

LOS ANGELES - Atmospheric rivers, a meteorological phenomenon responsible for heavy rain and wind events, have become more frequent and intense over the past 45 years due to global warming. A recent ...

When a bomb cyclone meets an atmospheric river, the result is like an out-of-control fire hose A powerful storm hitting the West Coast combines these weather phenomena for a wet week in many areas.

atmospheric rivers might not be all bad news." As the Arctic has warmed almost four times faster than the global average since 1980, Greenland has been melting. Warmer temperatures from climate ...

Some local experts say discourse has gone too far.

Portland got hit with a strong atmospheric river last weekend, bringing several doses of heavy rain on top of some exceptionally strong wind. But while the wind may be unusual, atmospheric rivers ...

Global BC senior meteorologist Kristi Gordon said there remains a significant amount of uncertainty how much rain will actually fall.

That said, there’s much to criticize in how California, once a global leader in large-scale ... of California points out that the atmospheric rivers that dropped immense quantities of rain ...

Using a global chemical transport ... that a major pathway for them to enter the atmosphere is through the ocean: Microplastics are washed into rivers and carried out to the sea, where they ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mud and debris is strewn on Fryman Road during an atmospheric river ...