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Downtown Sacramento has seen big gains in February with above normal precipitation for the month and the water year. San Francisco is also now over an inch above average. Areas from the San Joaquin ...

The San Juan Creek in California was flowing uncontrollably on Friday after an atmospheric rain that hit Southern California on Thursday.

This winter, with record snow in New Orleans and drought and destructive wildfires in Southern California, has not been normal.

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...

The term “atmospheric river” was coined in 1994 and has since quickly gained popularity. But what does it really mean?

What is a Pineapple Express? It's a type of atmospheric river that forms a long, narrow tract in the Earth’s atmosphere. This jet stream gathers moisture from the tropics near the equator and ...