As a stalled high-pressure system and shifting jet stream fuel extreme heat for millions, UVA professor Robert Davis explains what’s typical – and what’s not.

On average, East Tennessee does get fewer tornadoes than the middle and western parts of the state. That’s because those other areas “more frequently have the atmospheric conditions ... But that doesn ...

As of Friday afternoon, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Great Miami River at Miamitown water levels sat at 17.29 feet.

A couple walks on the edge of the Los Angeles River on Feb. 4, 2024, as an atmospheric rivers batters Los Angeles. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File “This doesn’t mean that it's necessarily all ...

A new study finds that atmospheric rivers — the heavy rain and wind events most known for dousing California and other parts of the West — have been getting bigger, wetter and more frequent in ...

Scientists have long predicted that as climate change from the burning of coal, oil and gas makes the air warmer, it holds more moisture, which means bigger, nastier atmospheric rivers are coming i… ...

“This doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily all because of climate change. We didn’t study that, ... A 2020 atmospheric river dumped 99 inches of snow on Alaska.

A new study finds that atmospheric rivers — the heavy rain and wind events most known for dousing California and other parts of the West — have been getting bigger, wetter and more frequent in ...

There is now a 30% chance of intense rain between Feb. 12 and 15 in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, the National Weather Service said.

This is according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s climate.gov website. Prior to 2023, the next warmest year was 2016 followed by 2020 and 2019.