They are narrow bands of water vapor that wind sinuously through the atmosphere, like a river; they can transport vast ...

An expert at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon that can wreak havoc across California.

As the Bay Area prepares for another round of storms, a new Stanford study explains just how much damage atmospheric rivers can cause. “They contribute up to half of our water every year, but ...

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...

Days after an atmospheric river brought record-setting rainfall to California, the state is in the crosshairs of another ...