Climate extremes, including heat waves, crop failures, river floods, tropical cyclones, wildfires and droughts, will ...

To many, atmospheric rivers are a West Coast phenomenon. But they’re also responsible for the devastating flooding that hit ...

The California-based team has taken a 20/20/20 approach, pausing their work every 20 minutes to perform a 20-second scan of ...

The deadly, widespread flooding disaster that plunged parts of the central and southern United States underwater in early April was fueled by a phenomenon that’s well known in the West but is less of ...

An exceptionally powerful atmospheric river fueled the deadly early April flooding disaster in the central and southern United States — a historic flood event and a poignant example of how the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The previous six months have proven to be a tale of the haves and have-nots when it comes to atmospheric ...

Researchers say drought, sea level rise, severe storms and dredging are partly to blame for the increased in frequency and ...

Here's an explanation of how they form, their size and potential impacts. WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? The weather system occurs all over the world. It starts when a large amount of water vapor ...

After a La Nina winter that brought enough snow to keep skiers happy, storms in western Montana didn’t keep pace during April ...