El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the ...

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

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting much of the moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes ...

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 played a role in both phenomena: Extreme atmospheric river events in California are becoming more common as global temperatures rise, since a warmer atmosphere traps more moisture.

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

Amid a coast-to-coast barrage of winter storms, a firehose of moisture is poised Thursday to bring heavy rains and high winds ...

Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but ... saw water level increases over the weekend after an atmospheric river brought heavy rain to the region.

Officials in California distributed sandbags, prepositioned rescue swimmers and told residents to have their go-bags ready as ...

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 ...

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 ...