Thousands of feet above British Columbia, disaster was brewing. A 2,600-mile-long column transporting moist air from the tropics to the poles, known as an “atmospheric river,” arrived ... compounding ...

Zoom in: The swirling storm nearing the coast of British Columbia is accompanied ... growing that the second, stronger atmospheric river will affect the Golden State late in the weekend into ...

Heavy rain is hitting the Bay Area and coastal areas this week as an atmospheric river moves through Northern California.