according to records from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That is only a hair shy of the 18.2-foot record. Once the river surpassed 18 feet, it brought "major ...

January's reputation for cold and snow is well deserved, but it can also deliver tornadoes and damaging atmospheric rivers.

Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced a new bill in November known as the Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act, which would require NOAA to establish a new ...

More NOAA/AP Skier Marcus Caston was waterlogged ... in New Gloucester, Maine. An atmospheric river funneled tropical moisture northward, unleashing... A tractor-trailer hauling oranges sits ...

(NOAA via AP) This Dec. 10 ... creating dangerous conditions, due in part to an atmospheric river and developing bomb cyclone. Ski resort operators in the Northeast watched their snow turn ...

At any given time the Earth hosts three to six of these rivers, which typically deliver as much water as the Mississippi ...

(NOAA via AP) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. East Coast is due for a whiplash-inducing stretch of weather that will be rainy, windy and potentially dangerous, due in part to an atmospheric river and ...

More rain and snow are expected to slam into the West Coast this week as multiple storms brew over the Pacific.

This year’s rainy season is underway, which means atmospheric rivers are set to dump rain and snow across California and the Pacific Northwest. It also means that specially outfitted aircraft are ...