What’s the connection between climate change and an increase in so-called atmospheric rivers?

Atmospheric rivers, also described as "rivers in the sky," cause more than 80 percent of all flooding damage across the West ...

Impact from a moisture-laden storm is expected to persist in the San Francisco Bay Area through Friday, with more rain likely ...

The bomb cyclone bringing high wind gusts to the Pacific Northwest is about to pull in a plume of moisture in the form of an atmospheric river. Climate change is decimating the likelihood of ...

Both reservoirs have been steadily rising since November, after the start of California's water year in October. A series of ...

Climate change has amplified the intensity and frequency of atmospheric rivers, because warmer air holds more moisture.

If this late-week atmospheric river pattern shifts south, Sacramento's rain totals will increase. The same rule applies to snow chances around Lake Tahoe. If the northward trend continues, many of ...

California is investing $15 million to offset climate change threats to salmon and steelhead trout in river and stream ...

Hang onto your umbrellas: An “impressive” atmospheric river is set to deliver multiple ... “But we’ll dry out with a pattern change behind the system by the end of the week, which is ...

The North Bay will bear the brunt of the incoming atmospheric river with the heavy rain arriving on Monday and Tuesday.