An atmospheric river is a flowing area of water vapor transporting moisture from the tropics into mid-latitudes and northern ...

An atmospheric river is a large area of water vapor transporting moisture from the tropics to higher latitudes. Recently, ...

The Stockton region is bracing for a series of rain and wind events over the next several days as back-to-back atmospheric rivers move through the area.

Parts of California are bracing for a series of rain and wind events over the next week as back-to-back atmospheric rivers move through the state.

After last week's record river flooding in Washington state, more atmospheric rivers are taking aim at the West, set to bring ...

“This is going to be really bad,” warned former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) chief scientist and ...

A global effort to better understand moisture-laden rivers in the sky, like those currently battering the West Coast, will ...

Torrential rainfall over the past week has caused many of Washington State’s rivers to overflow, flooding scores of homes and triggering power outages and mudslides across the state. Skagit County and ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Along the U.S. West Coast, atmospheric rivers are dreaded for the damage they can cause, but they are also essential to the region’s snowpack and water supply, as Qian Cao, a ...

The wording and definition were changed and refined a bit as atmospheric scientists at MIT studied these storms in the 1970s.

As another atmospheric river inundates the Pacific Northwest, here are key words to know to understand flooding in WA.

A flood advisory is in place for Lincoln, Polk, Tillamook and Yamhill counties in northwest Oregon until Friday afternoon due ...