An atmospheric river directs tropical moisture from the Pacific straight to the West Coast in the form of heavy rain and snow and is the Northwest’s hallmark type of winter storm. Atmospheric ...

Atmospheric river slams Pacific Northwest, triggering deadly flooding. The storm caused record river crests in Washington state, flooding homes and stranding hundreds; two people died in Oregon.

Several storms will blast the Northwest over the next few days, courtesy of multiple atmospheric rivers that are forecast to dump heavy rain and feet of snow across the region. "A series of storms ...

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Another strong atmospheric river is set to barrel into the Northwest late Monday and dump over half a foot of rain on the already soaked region ...

An atmospheric river hit the Pacific Northwest over the weekend, with a second round of heavy rain and snow arriving earlier this week. Poor weather conditions are expected across three states in ...

An atmospheric river brought heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest, closing rail links, schools and roads as it shattered daily rainfall and temperature ...

Rescues from floods staged as atmospheric river soaks Pacific Northwest The conditions closed rail links, schools and roads in some areas. Amtrak said no passenger trains will run between Seattle ...

While river flooding was expected to linger in western Washington on Wednesday, the rivers were receding and no rivers in the region remained in major flood stage, the weather service said. Flood w… ...

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 ...

This image taken on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, shows a plume of moisture, known as an atmospheric river, extending from hundreds of miles at sea over the Pacific Ocean to the northwestern United States.

The atmospheric river approaching the northern West Coast is set to arrive as residents in some areas were still digging out ...