It’s a challenging time for national park research. One dedicated atmospheric scientist is soldiering on anyway.

Texas finds itself sandwiched in between weather systems. This pattern will continue to send moisture from the Gulf of Mexico ...

California’ s Central Valley- one of the nation’ s most critical agricultural regions and home to over 1.3 million people- is prone to flooding. The research, published June 4 in the Journal of Flood ...

Pajaro Valley flood victims are still waiting for relief, and the over 1,000 plaintiffs suing the government agencies are ...

Atmospheric rivers, while vital for replenishing water on the U.S. West Coast, are also the leading cause of floods though storm size alone doesn t dictate their danger. A groundbreaking study ...

Editor's note: This page reflects news from Wednesday, Feb. 12. For the latest updates on the atmospheric river in California, read USA TODAY's coverage for Thursday, Feb. 13.

Another atmospheric river is expected to bring heavy rain to most parts of California this week, raising concerns over flooding on the heels of an earlier system that broke daily rainfall records ...

The Russian River near Hopland in Mendocino County, California, is expected to flood following heavy rainfall from an atmospheric river storm, the National Weather Service reports.

A third day of an atmospheric river storm has inundated Northern California and the Bay Area, flooding creeks, roads, and low-lying areas across the region.