Storm-hunting planes chase atmospheric rivers through the sky from Japan to the US, revealing new insights into these powerful storms and how we can keep ourselves safe.

"California gets a lot of precipitation ... It turns the jet stream into a closed-off low-pressure system. Where many atmospheric river events hit straight from East to West, the closed off ...

When they hit the coast and flow up the mountains ... Mudslides flowed down streets in California during a powerful atmospheric river storm in February (Caption: Getty Images) Until this year ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The Santa Cruz Wharf, jutting half a mile into the Monterey Bay, offers a cheerful stroll past souvenir ...

National Weather Service meteorologists in California are ... a parade of the storms would hit the West Coast throughout December. Impacts from the atmospheric river have already been reflected ...

The short-staffed California Nevada River ... our ability to manage the Russian River,” he said. All the cuts coming down the pike amount to “a huge hit to emergency management community ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that new goals may involve shorter showers, recycled water and more conservation. Prepare!

The monsoon doesn't mean we're going to get rain every day, said Erinanne Saffell, Arizona's state climatologist.

Grass Valley is that kind of town – a Gold Country gem where people actually exhale, where “rush hour” means three cars at a stop sign, and where the air smells like pine trees instead of whatever ...

Let’s explore this Sierra foothills gem that proves you don’t need to escape to another country to find that simple, connected lifestyle so many Californians secretly crave. When gold was discovered ...