But as the atmospheric river moves south, the storm will bring more and more rain to Southern California. "Now the one note with atmospheric rivers is, because they're kind of narrow, and they're ...

Editor's note: This page reflects news from Wednesday, Feb. 12. For the latest updates on the atmospheric river in California, read USA TODAY's coverage for Thursday, Feb. 13. SAN DIEGO ...

The heavy precipitation is due to an atmospheric river, which can carry more water than the Mississippi River. Blizzard conditions are expected in the Cascades and far northern California due to ...

A stronger atmospheric river is set to hit Northern California on Monday and then hit Los Angeles County on Tuesday, aiding hopes of a more definitive end to a devastating fire weather season for ...

Live storm map: See where rain is hitting California and Bay Area Mechanisms for a long-lasting atmospheric river-fueled ...

Learn about the extreme weather events that tested Santa Monica's resilience, from a powerful February storm to a sudden May ...

Paul Pastelok, an AccuWeather senior meteorologist and long-range expert, told Newsweek that another strong atmospheric river winter could further improve California's water situation, as drought ...

Researchers analyzed more than 43,000 atmospheric river storms across 122 watersheds on the West Coast between 1980 and 2023.

Originally meant to study desert dust, NASA’s EMIT instrument just exposed sewage contamination in the Pacific Ocean by ...

Storm-hunting planes chase atmospheric rivers through the sky from Japan to the US, revealing new insights into these powerful storms and how we can keep ourselves safe.

A new study by the UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography, published last week in the journal Science Advances, ...