The heavy rain and wind events most known for dousing California and other parts of the West have been getting bigger, wetter and more frequent in the past 45 years as the world warms, according to a ...

A new study led by Dr. Cao Xi, Associate Professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has ...

An aquarium was treating the seal pup for dehydration, malnutrition and other health issues before its condition declined past the point of no return.

Weather patterns are a fascinating blend of predictability and chaos. Among these complex systems atmospheric rivers have ...

Last year, forecasters accurately predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane ... its projected path north into the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, a meteorologist said. Indian River, St. Lucie and ...

Rain shower activity is continuing across the Inland Northwest with the second wave of the atmospheric river crossing through ... Spokane County up into the North Idaho Panhandle.

Led by the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance (AR Recon) program sends these WC-130 Super Hercules ...

New research from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists finds that atmospheric rivers will continue to increase rainfall on the West Coast due to climate change.

Here's a look at the phenomenon: What is an atmospheric river? Atmospheric rivers are long ... While traditional cold winter storms out of the north Pacific build the Sierra snowpack, atmospheric ...