Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture that extend across the Pacific to near Hawaii. When they hit land they can cause ...

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

Weather researchers with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and Yuba Water Agency workers during the ...

Days after an atmospheric river brought record-setting rainfall to California, the state is in the crosshairs of another ...

The San Juan Creek in California was flowing uncontrollably on Friday after an atmospheric rain that hit Southern California ...

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

An atmospheric river event is forecast to bring rainfall, snow, and the potential for flooding to parts of California this ...

While most people were trying to stay out of the rain on Thursday, a group of researchers was out in the thick of it ...

Researchers have turned abundant natural materials like cellulose into powerful hydrogels that capture water from air, offering a scalable solution to global water scarcity.

They can vary greatly in size and strength, however, the average atmospheric river carries an amount of water vapor "roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi ...

An atmospheric river storm brought heavy rain and high winds to San Luis Obispo County on Thursday — flooding numerous ...