Coast Guard rescue missions failing after running into unexpected currents. Surprise atmospheric river storms flooding downtown San Francisco. Seafood contaminated by unseen algal blooms. California ...

Atmospheric rivers are more common during the winter months, but officials are warning people not to let their guard down.

WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? It starts when a large amount of water vapor from tropical oceans is carried by a jet stream ...

As atmospheric rivers pounded the U.S. West Coast last winter, scientists deployed increasingly advanced observing tools over ...

A new study reveals how an atmospheric river led to more devastation after two earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, ...

I’LL FILL YOU IN ON A A big shift in one of the most reliable weather forecast models for Northern California has ... fueled by moisture from an atmospheric river. Heavy rain, snow and wind ...

WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? The weather system occurs all over the ... In drought-stricken California, such storms have triggered mudslides, toppled utility poles and blocked roadways, but ...

Atmospheric river storms are drought busters in California, dumping huge amounts ... storm is just the latest in a string of Pacific weather systems that have beaten back the state's epic five ...