The first week of the survey coincided with the Oct. 19 atmospheric river, which devastated human infrastructure on the North Shore. Leslie Pomeroy, the Streamkeepers’ lead volunteer on the ...

As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, one meteorology term — atmospheric rivers — has made the leap from scientific circles to common language, particularly in ...

Forecasters said Tuesday that two of the storms look like “atmospheric rivers” — narrow, moisture-rich storms that play a critical role in the state’s water supply. The first, which was ...