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

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.

Atmospheric river storms are drought busters in California, dumping huge amounts of rain in narrow corridors within short periods of time. The ongoing storm slamming Los Angeles, the nation's ...

As of Friday morning, the American Global Forecast System (GFS) model had removed the storm from Northern California altogether. Because of this change, the KCRA 3 weather team has removed Wednesday's ...

LOS ANGELES—An atmospheric river storm is pounding parts of California on Friday after wreaking havoc throughout the state this week, bringing severe storms, mudslides and feet of snow.

The final round of rain for the week is expected to deliver between a tenth and a quarter of an inch of rain along the coast and valleys. But don't put umbrellas away yet.

Atmospheric rivers can bring much needed rain to drought-struck places, but may be dangerous when they are strong and last long.