Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting much of the moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes ...

The weather phenomena are common for California winters, but they could cause dangerous debris flows or mudslides in recently ...

Amid a coast-to-coast barrage of winter storms, a firehose of moisture is poised Thursday to bring heavy rains and high winds ...

Heavy rain and snow will hit Northern California throughout most of this week as an atmospheric river moves through.

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 ...

Officials in California distributed sandbags, prepositioned rescue swimmers and told residents to have their go-bags ready as ...

She has covered climate change and natural disasters extensively ... Numerous weather alerts are in place across Northern California as an atmospheric river is set to bring excessive moisture ...

An atmospheric river is heading to Southern California by the middle of the week, and forecasters are becoming more and more confident that it’ll hit hard. The storm is expected to roll in by ...

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) A stronger atmospheric river is set to hit Northern California on Monday and then hit Los Angeles County on Tuesday, aiding hopes of a more definitive end ...

The first in what’s expected to be a series of three atmospheric river storms has arrived in California. Forecasters are hopeful the winter storms might finally lift Los Angeles County from the ...