Satellite imagery showing the transport of atmospheric water vapor reveals the atmospheric river lurching like a ghostly finger toward California from the central tropical Pacific Ocean.

Coast Guard rescue missions failing after running into unexpected currents. Surprise atmospheric river storms flooding downtown San Francisco. Seafood contaminated by unseen algal blooms. California ...

An atmospheric river bearing the strongest storm ... including Northern California, Oregon and Washington. A satellite video shared to X, formerly Twitter, by extreme storm chaser Colin McCarthy ...

Atmospheric rivers are more common during the winter months, but officials are warning people not to let their guard down.

The past six months have proven to be a tale of two Californias when it comes to atmospheric river events. While Northern ...

Forecasters warn of dangerous conditions as another powerful atmospheric river takes aim at California. While these storms are dreaded for the damage they can cause, they are also essential to the ...

Languages: English. The atmospheric river arrived on Tuesday. It is bringing up to four feet of snow to high elevation areas, heavy rain to Southern California and strong winds statewide.

A series of atmospheric river events during the winter and spring have caused reservoirs to swell to more than 118% than is ...

Such atmospheric river events are known to provide much of California's wet season rainfall, as well as its worst flooding. Flights from the West Coast to Hawaii and Asia next week may take longer ...