Over a foot of rain is forecast through Friday, leading to a risk of flash flooding and debris flow. The heavy precipitation is due to an atmospheric river, which can carry more water than the ...

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 ...

A stronger atmospheric river is set to hit Northern California on Monday and then hit L.A. County on Tuesday, aiding hopes of helping end a devastating fire season.

Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions of water vapor in the atmosphere, like a river in the sky. These systems gather ...

California Atmospheric River Forecast: 'Big Changes' in Storm Path Expected. Published Oct 14, 2024 at 1:19 PM EDT Updated Oct 15, 2024 at 10:19 AM EDT. By .

California’ s Central Valley- one of the nation’ s most critical agricultural regions and home to over 1.3 million people- is prone to flooding. The research, published June 4 in the Journal of Flood ...

Atmospheric rivers, while vital for replenishing water on the U.S. West Coast, are also the leading cause of floods though ...

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

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

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