An atmospheric river is slamming portions of California ... A month of rain in days: Pineapple Express to drench California, Northwest More weather news: Ice storm to wreak midweek travel havoc ...

ending weeks of dry weather. Northern and central California will receive the most rain, with some areas accumulating a month ...

Atmospheric rivers play a major role in California’s rain season ... moved around with the winds like other weather phenomena. But as the atmospheric river moves south, the storm will bring ...

An atmospheric river is a complex weather phenomenon ... the rain and snow we get during West Coast winters. Southern ...

Northern California is in the middle ... flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River, according to the National Weather Service. Atmospheric rivers can be directed into the West Coast ...

You can get in touch with Joe by emailing joe.edwards@newsweek.com An atmospheric river has been forecast to hit California this week, with the National Weather Service (NWS) warning of the ...

Hot weather and dry conditions have led to “elevated” wildfire threats across the state, the U.S. Drought Monitor said.

California has endured heat-related weather warnings as recently as ... told Newsweek that another strong atmospheric river winter could further improve California's water situation, as drought ...

"So the 'atmospheric river' term is the broader envelope ... just because of that." The weather news in California has flipped from being about drought to being about storms What may increase ...

Dr. Anna Wilson with The Center for Western Weather and ... just a few atmospheric river events. Like NOAA, Wilson said atmospheric rivers can provide 50% more of California’s water supply ...

While one atmospheric river is still pumping rain ... this week’s wet weather should be mostly beneficial for California, where about 70% of the state is considered “abnormally dry” by ...