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

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

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

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

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

The rainfall was so intense that in one dramatic example, a mudslide caused an entire house to slip down a bank into the Russian River on Tuesday.

Matthew Cappucci is a meteorologist for Capital Weather Gang. He earned a B.A. in atmospheric sciences from Harvard University in 2019, and has contributed to The Washington Post since he was 18.

The term “atmospheric river” was coined in 1994 and has since quickly gained popularity. But what does it really mean?

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

The atmospheric river is being driven by a low pressure system midway between Hawaii and the West Coast, as well as a ...

A Flood Watch has been issued for the entire Bay Area, as an atmospheric river storm on Friday ushers the return of wet weather to the region following a mostly dry January. According to the ...

A flood watch is in effect for most of the Bay Area through 10 p.m. Sunday Coastal mountain regions could see as much as 8" of rain The heaviest rain from the atmospheric river will fall on Monday and ...