California, while less prone to deluges like the one that struck Texas, has its own ingredients for a lethal flash flood.

How does California's winter compare to average? Maue said the statewide long-term average from Oct. 1 to late March is supposed to be 52 trillion gallons of water (18.6 inches statewide).

Can California catch and store more rain in reservoirs? It's not possible to capture every bit of water that falls in the state and save it for later, said Jay Lund, ...

Rain moved into Southern California Wednesday as back-to-back storms dancing off the coastline are forecast to bring successive rounds of precipitation into the weekend, according to the National ...

There’s a significant flood threat in Los Angeles and nearly the entire population of California is under flood alerts as rain drenches the already-soaked state. Officials are urging people to ...

But the rainfall, which set records in some northern cities, was not nearly enough to end the state’s deep drought, now affecting 37 million of California’s 40 million residents.

Scientists say climate change has amplified California’s intense climate — making the dry spells drier and the wet periods wetter, without either season fully counteracting the other’s effects.

Southern California may have just experienced a historic amount of rainfall, but more extreme precipitation is headed toward the region. More than a month's worth of rain fell in a span of three ...

The season’s first major atmospheric river system is pummeling much of Northern California and and the Pacific Northwest, supercharged by a bomb cyclone. The monster storm is kicking off ...

The rain California has already seen “could promote the growth of [plant] fuels” that would increase the likelihood that areas which have burned in years past could burn again.

Just another rainy day to others is a much bigger story, here.