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 ...

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 ...

That's about the distance between LA and San Francisco. That stretch moves an astonishing amount of water. Just one atmospheric river can move an average of 10.5 trillion gallons of water per day.

What they're saying: The NWS forecast office in Los Angeles is warning of the risk ... Zoom out: The atmospheric river-linked storm has a sinuous, narrow and concentrated feed of moisture ...

Sometimes, the atmospheric river can also run up against other ... falling on areas that recently burned, like in parts of Los Angeles. High-intensity fire can make soils less able to absorb ...

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The atmospheric river dumped 6.34 inches of rain in Los Angeles County, prompting mudslides in the burn scar areas from last month's devastating Palisades Fire, Los Angeles ABC station KABC reported.

Another atmospheric river is expected to bring heavy rain ... flooding of streets and roadways," Hinson said. Outside of Los Angeles, crews were still working to clear a mudslide that cut off ...

“You need two ingredients for an atmospheric river,” says Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “A plume of really concentrated moisture in the ...

The term atmospheric river is defined as narrow areas in the ... projected due to variability around patterns like El Nino and La Nina -- i.e., patterns that affect the placement of large-scale ...

Atmospheric rivers are more typical in the West, but this one may bring flooding rainfall and severe storms to the Southeast, Florida and southern Appalachia.

(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 ...