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California was plagued by a devastating drought for months. Now, after a series of atmospheric rivers and winter storms, the state is being thrashed by significant amounts of snow and rain. And it's about to get more intense. …

Another atmospheric river system has set its sights on California, raising considerable concern about flooding and structural damage as warm rain is expected to fall atop the state’s near-record snowpack this week, forecasters say. “It now…

Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have found increasing…

Atmospheric rivers, those long, powerful streams of moisture in the sky, are becoming more frequent in the Arctic, and they’re helping to drive dramatic shrinking of the Arctic’s sea ice cover. While less ice might have some benefits…

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Extreme weather is lashing California with torrential rain and snow — the latest in a series of storms going back to New Year's Eve that are known as "atmospheric rivers." The long, narrow bands of moisture from the tropics have…

The latest in a series of atmospheric river storms barreled into California Wednesday and was already being blamed for at least two deaths. It brought high winds and rain that threatened widespread flooding and prompted evacuation…

Satellite imagery from midday on Wednesday shows an intense low-pressure system spinning counterclockwise off the Northern California coast. As it spins, it draws in a robust plume of moisture, called an atmospheric river, from the Pacific…

A successive series of powerful atmospheric river storms poses a growing threat to California as the ground becomes more saturated, river levels rise and heavy winds threaten the power infrastructure.This week’s storms are expected to dump…

After a brief lull in precipitation Tuesday, forecasters are warning of another “atmospheric river” expected to bring heavy rains and winds to an already-saturated California. The National Weather Service is warning of “widespread flooding”…