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 ...

California is in the midst of a strong atmospheric river that's caused flooding, evacuations, road closures, and mention of it is all over the news and social media. And this comes on the heel of ...

The animation below of air pressure across several ... A high-intensity bomb cyclone continues to affect Western states as an atmospheric river lingers over Northern California.

You can get in touch with Tom by emailing t.howarth@newsweek.com. Languages: English. An atmospheric river is poised to slam into the Eastern United States on Wednesday, bringing torrential rain ...

This week’s weather event marks the first major atmospheric river in months; the last two water years saw dozens of them. The animation below gives a sense of the storm’s motion, spinning ...

The West Coast’s rainy season has arrived in force, as an atmospheric river carrying moisture from the tropics joins a bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast. Heavy, wet snow began falling ...

Like those East Coast storms, “atmospheric river” can feel like a buzzword — more attention grabbing than just “heavy rain,” even if that is how most people walking down the streets of ...

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 to a devastating fire weather season for ...

Languages: English. This week, the Northwest U.S. will experience significant rainfall and mountain snow as back-to-back storm systems fed by an atmospheric river sweep in from the Pacific Ocean.

In recent years, “atmospheric river” has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage. According to experts who study climate and weather, a couple reasons may ...