El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the ...

Officials are grappling with the aftermath of the atmospheric river which caused mudslides and floods, especially in areas impacted by wildfires.

While most look for ways to avoid the steady rain falling from atmospheric rivers, some take advantage of the unwieldy ...

So much rain fell in the first week of February that California’s largest reservoir, Shasta Lake, near Redding, rose 22 feet.

Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture that extend across the Pacific to near Hawaii. When they hit land they can cause heavy rains and snow. Here’s a look at the phenomenon: ___ WHAT IS AN ...

The weather phenomena are common for California winters, but they could cause dangerous debris flows or mudslides in recently ...

After an unusually dry January where most of Northern California went without rain for 27 days in a row, the storms have come ...

An expert at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon that can wreak havoc across California.

The North Bay is slated to bear the brunt of the atmospheric river headed for the Bay. Though it will rain all weekend, the National Weather Service says the heavy rains come Monday and Tuesday ...

Atmospheric rivers, also described as "rivers in the sky," cause more than 80 percent of all flooding damage across the West ...

What is a Pineapple Express? It's a type of atmospheric river that forms a long, narrow tract in the Earth’s atmosphere. This jet stream gathers moisture from the tropics near the equator and sweeps ...