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

While most people were trying to stay out of the rain on Thursday, a group of researchers was out in the thick of it ...

Weather balloons and “hurricane hunter” planes aid the science of understanding California’s atmospheric rivers.

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

New research from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists finds that atmospheric rivers will increase ...

Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture that extend across the Pacific to near Hawaii. When they hit land, they can cause heavy rains and snow. Here’s a look at the phenomenon: ...

As the Bay Area prepares for another round of storms, a new Stanford study explains just how much damage atmospheric rivers ...

The weather phenomena are common for California winters, but they could cause dangerous debris flows or mudslides in recently ...

Another atmospheric river storm is barreling toward the Bay Area this week, bringing “excessive rainfall” that could lead to ...

After a few overperforming systems that benefitted Utah’s northern half, an incoming atmospheric river is slated to blast all ...