The atmospheric river also brought several feet of snow and hurricane-force winds to the California mountains and West. Crews began clearing affected roadways, including the Pacific Coast Highway ...

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

Parts of Pacific Coast Highway remained closed due to heavy flooding and mudslides in Southern California, according to state ...

As the Bay Area prepares for another round of storms, a new Stanford study explains just how much damage atmospheric rivers ...

Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily available seismic data.

Weather balloons and “hurricane hunter” planes aid the science of understanding California’s atmospheric rivers.

Part of the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program ... the program also involves launching radiosondes from airplanes called “hurricane hunters,” flown over the ocean by National Oceanic ...

Part of the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program ... the program also involves launching radiosondes from airplanes called “hurricane hunters,” flown over the ocean by National Oceanic ...