El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the ...

Of those heretical years, anomalously high or low atmospheric river activity explained roughly 70% of them. The results suggest that atmospheric rivers can override traditional El Niño/La Niña ...

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

There are flooding concerns near San Francisco and mudslides are being reported in Santa Cruz, California. CBS News Los ...

As the Bay Area prepares for another round of storms, a new Stanford study explains just how much damage atmospheric rivers can cause. “They contribute up to half of our water every year, but ...

Mudslides in Los Angeles inundated roadways and prompted evacuations orders after an atmospheric river dumped heavy rains ...

The western Coachella Valley will likely end up receiving around an inch of rain as an atmospheric river moves through Southern California on Thursday and early Friday, a National Weather Service ...

SO THIS IS OUR ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. REMEMBER, THAT’S JUST MOISTURE HIGH UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THAT DOESN’T MAKE RAIN ON ITS OWN. YOU NEED STORM SYSTEMS TO COME THROUGH AND CARRY THAT MOISTURE ...