Atmospheric rivers, also described as "rivers in the sky," cause more than 80 percent of all flooding damage across the West ...

What’s the connection between climate change and an increase in so-called atmospheric rivers?

Impact from a moisture-laden storm is expected to persist in the San Francisco Bay Area through Friday, with more rain likely ...

Both reservoirs have been steadily rising since November, after the start of California's water year in October. A series of ...

The bomb cyclone bringing high wind gusts to the Pacific Northwest is about to pull in a plume of moisture in the form of an atmospheric river. Climate change is decimating the likelihood of ...

Climate change has amplified the intensity and frequency of atmospheric rivers, because warmer air holds more moisture.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an order to 'maximize the capture and storage' of water during storms. Environmentalists say it's ...

If this late-week atmospheric river pattern shifts south, Sacramento's rain totals will increase. The same rule applies to snow chances around Lake Tahoe. If the northward trend continues, many of ...

Hang onto your umbrellas: An “impressive” atmospheric river is set to deliver multiple ... “But we’ll dry out with a pattern change behind the system by the end of the week, which is ...

The North Bay will bear the brunt of the incoming atmospheric river with the heavy rain arriving on Monday and Tuesday.

REUTERS For several years, California has been hit with atmospheric river storms that have led ... damage across the West Coast, and climate change will increase the likelihood of catastrophe ...