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 ...

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 ...

An atmospheric river is heading to Southern California by the middle of the week, and forecasters are becoming more and more confident that it’ll hit hard. The storm is expected to roll in by ...