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.

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

An “impressive” atmospheric river is set to deliver numerous rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall across the Bay Area this ...

An atmospheric river brought heavy rain and mountain snow to parts of California and the Pacific Northwest on Friday, January 31. Satellite imagery released by the Cooperative Institute for Research ...

An atmospheric river brought heavy rain and mountain snow to parts of California and the Pacific Northwest on Friday, January 31. Satellite imagery released by the Cooperative Institute for ...

(FOX40.COM) — Since Feb.1, Northern California has been pummeled by atmospheric rivers that have ... the Sacramento Valley to the Sierra Nevada. Satellite imaging from NOAA’s GOES-West shows ...

Researchers from JPL and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) used satellite radar to track more than a thousand miles of California ... County's Russian River estuary.

These thin ribbons of humid air can be identified and tracked in satellite ... found atmospheric rivers were responsible for all seven floods of northern California's Russian River in that seven ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...