Ahead of the storm’s arrival, officials in Southern California distributed sandbags, prepositioned rescue swimmers and told ...

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

An atmospheric river storm brought heavy rain and high winds to San Luis Obispo County on Thursday — flooding numerous ...

Heavy rain from the latest atmospheric river triggered flood warnings in several Bay Area counties and evacuations in Santa ...

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’s a look at the phenomenon: ...

An expert at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon that can wreak havoc across California.

Fire crews continues to battle the three major fires on Tasmania's west coast, but cooler temperatures and rainfall today ...

The study, published in the journal Climate Dynamics, found that atmospheric rivers explain the majority of atypical El Nino ...

An atmospheric river brought one of the strongest storms this season to California, with more than a half a foot of rain ...

The Weather Service said affected streams include Mark West Creek ... evening for the North Bay. Atmospheric river will impact the Bay Area and Central Coast in several different ways: excessive ...

Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture ... They occur globally but are especially significant on the West Coast of the United States, where they create 30% to 50% of annual precipitation ...