In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage.

The heavy rain from Friday is expected to move out of the Bay Area. Showers are still expected Saturday morning. A sun - ...

LOS ANGELES - Southern California braced as an atmospheric river that’s brought heavy rainfall and flooding to the West ...

A powerful storm is soaking Northern California and Oregon, bringing high winds and flood risk. It's known as an atmospheric river. A big question is if climate change is making these storms worse.

A high-end atmospheric river continued to pound Northern California on Friday on the tail end of a historic bomb cyclone.

The West Coast’s rainy season has arrived in force, as an atmospheric river carrying moisture from the tropics joins a bomb ...

The first atmospheric river of the season will dump a deluge of rain on Northern California this week — but San Luis Obispo ...

A “rather impressive system” is setting the stage for what could be California’s first atmospheric river storm of the season.

They can transport water vapor at a rate that’s up to 15 times the average flow of the Mississippi River, resulting in rain and snow. For the West Coast of the U.S., atmospheric rivers provide ...

Meteorologists monitor them, but the ability to predict exactly how an atmospheric river might behave based on its underlying physics would offer more precise forecasts. In a paper published Nov. 4 in ...

A popular park in British Columbia's Lower Mainland remains closed due to damage from an atmospheric river weather system that drenched the province's south coast, triggering a mudslide and local ...