PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Tis the season for atmospheric rivers as the Pacific Northwest expects the return of rain next week. The scattered rain showers seen across the Pacific Northwest this ...

A well-known type of atmospheric river is called a "Pineapple Express" because it flows from the Hawaiian Islands. Strong ARs transport water vapor roughly equivalent to 7.5 to 15 times the ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Pacific Northwest braces for a second atmospheric river in less than a few days this weekend. Rain arrives early Saturday morning and is expected to last through Sunday.

Atmospheric river storms get their name from their long, narrow shape and the prodigious amount of water they carry. They form when winds over the Pacific draw a filament of moisture from the band ...

From space, it looks almost elegant: a narrow plume cascading off the Pacific Ocean ... California is enduring the effects of an atmospheric river, a meteorological phenomenon where converging ...

Heavy rain continued to bring flooding and landslides to the Pacific Northwest Tuesday, courtesy of a sodden atmospheric river that blasted the region like a firehose, forecasters said.

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At least two people have died in Oregon amid ongoing flooding resulting from an intense atmospheric river bombarding the Pacific Northwest. One man was found dead Tuesday in Bronson Creek in ...

Authorities in Oregon were investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in creeks this week as an atmospheric river brought ... temperatures to the Pacific Northwest.

The scattered rain showers seen across the Pacific Northwest this week is a sign of the wet weather to come in the months ahead. Atmospheric river season is ramping up as the flow of moisture from ...