The heavy precipitation is due to an atmospheric river, which can carry more water than the Mississippi River. Blizzard conditions are expected in the Cascades and far northern California due to ...

A powerful "atmospheric river" was headed for California on Tuesday, bringing the threat of torrential downpours that could unleash destructive debris flows from wildfire burn scars as well as a ...

‘Atmospheric river’ dumps heavy rain, snow across California A powerful storm is bringing drenching rain or heavy snowfall to much of California as the state gets ready to usher in a new year ...

Powerful storm brings heavy rain, snow to California 03:00. More than 9,000 California residents were under evacuation orders Friday as a new atmospheric river brought heavy rain, thunderstorms ...

California has endured weeks of heavy rain and mountain snow, and it’s about to add another week as more storms loom over the next several days. Of particular concern is an atmospheric river ...

What are these atmospheric rivers that bring heavy rain and snow to California? A satellite photo taken just before 2 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday shows a huge vapor plume stretching from the ...

An aerial view of the flooded Los Angeles River during an atmospheric river storm on February 5, 2024, in Los Angeles, California (main) and satellite image of an atmospheric river hitting the ...

Another atmospheric river system has set its sights on California, raising considerable concern about flooding and structural damage as warm rain is expected to fall atop the state’s near-record ...

The West Coast is feeling the effects of an atmospheric river, dumping record rain and snow from San Diego to San Francisco. The top rainfall on Wednesday was 9.04 inches in Venado, California ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A powerful storm brought drenching rain or heavy snowfall to much of California on Saturday, snarling traffic and closing highways as the state prepared to usher in a ...

‘Atmospheric river’ dumps heavy rain, snow across California. By Associated Press. Published December 31, ... In Southern California, moderate-to-heavy rain was falling Saturday.

The so-called atmospheric river storm was pulling in a long and wide plume of moisture from the Pacific Ocean. Flooding and rock slides closed portions of roads across Northern California.