Devastating, life-threatening floods have already started in some states as an atmospheric river causes heavy rainfall.

WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? It starts when a large amount of water vapor from tropical oceans is carried by a jet stream ...

Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding, trigger mudslides and result in loss of life and enormous property damage. Here's an ...

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

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.

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 – A powerful atmospheric river storm is pounding parts of California with torrential rain, strong winds and snow that are leading to issues from San Francisco to Los Angeles ...