The "Godzilla atmospheric river" system may bring major flooding, landslide dangers, and a month's worth of rain compressed ...

The storm has already killed six and continues to produce heavy rain, thunderstorms and snow across the state.

Freshwater lakes are critical ecosystems that regulate regional climates, support biodiversity, and provide essential ...

In recent years, “atmospheric river” has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage. According to experts who study climate and weather, a couple reasons may explain ...

Atmospheric rivers—narrow bands of concentrated water vapor transported polewards from the tropics—don't just deliver a deluge of rainfall, but play a key role in driving extreme heat events and ...

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Southern California is bracing for heavy rain, gusty winds and cooler temperatures as a Pacific storm, fed by an atmospheric river, moves inland through the region.

The Bay Area and Northern California were seeing the impacts of a storm fueled by a strong atmospheric river and intensified by a bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast. The storm was bringing ...

While atmospheric rivers pose flooding and other hydrologic challenges, there are also quantifiable economic impacts, recent research has found. Much of the economic damage results from the ...