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

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

Overnight into early Thursday morning, rain from an atmospheric river began falling across most of the golden state. Scattered showers are likely to continue through the morning, but most of the ...

The second storm is caused by another atmospheric river coming from the coast, forecasters said. It is a small system that will bring beneficial rain with low impacts and will be colder than the ...

Another atmospheric river is expected to bring heavy rain to most parts of California this week, raising concerns over flooding on the heels of an earlier system that broke daily rainfall records ...

Languages: English. An atmospheric river bringing heavy rain to California this week helped break a 138-year-old rainfall record in San Francisco. Atmospheric rivers are a "long, narrow region in ...

The second atmospheric river in a pair of storms will bring more rain and cooler temperatures to the Los Angeles area. The National Weather Service said the region will continue to have drizzle or ...

An atmospheric river – the second to wallop the state in recent weeks – will bring 2 to 4 inches of rain to much of the California coast, with over 8 inches possible in some isolated areas ...

The weather phenomena are common for California winters, but they could cause dangerous debris flows or mudslides in recently ...

Light snow is expected to accumulate around the Santa Fe area, while the northern mountains could see a foot or more.

Many atmospheric river events are weak ... becoming heavy precipitation that falls as rain or snow, according to NOAA. While traditional cold winter storms out of the north Pacific build the ...