Weather advisories were in effect for parts of the West Coast this week as powerful atmospheric rivers barreled in from the Pacific Ocean. Satellite images from the National Oceanic and ...

A huge atmospheric river over the Gulf of Alaska. Image: Michala Garrison, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and data from ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing r.white@newsweek.com A "firehose" atmospheric river ripping through the state of California has been captured in space imagery.

Heavy rainfall and flooding is expected in Northern California due to the atmospheric river. More Mario Tama/Getty Images / CIRA/NOAA Flood Warnings, Flood Watches, High Wind Warnings, and Winter ...

That's part of an "atmospheric river" that could bring up to 16 inches of rain to areas of Northern California and southwest Oregon, the service said. Rock slides and debris flows are also probable.

The animation below shows the atmospheric river as it flows into the region from Tuesday night through Friday. The rain and snow should turn less intense across the region over the weekend before ...