Officials are warning that the Los Angeles wildfires could cause devastating impacts long after they've been extinguished, particularly in how the burn scars respond to severe weather events.

A National Weather Service map shows the impacts from an atmospheric river extending into the interior U.S. The storm hit the West Coast on Christmas. A National Weather Service map shows the ...

An atmospheric river bearing down on the Pacific Northwest is expected to drop several feet of snow at higher elevations by early next week. Santiam Pass received 13 inches of snow from late ...

A radical change in a key phenomenon responsible for precipitation is happening across the world and researchers are ...

An atmospheric river is a long plume of moisture that is transported by tropical winds, often thousands of miles long. They are responsible for roughly half of the yearly rainfall in the West and ...

A strong atmospheric river was making landfall in the Pacific Northwest early Thursday and is expected to bring heavy rain, strong winds and potentially dangerous surf in areas from Northern ...

Two men row a boat in front of a flooded RV park after an extreme atmospheric river event brought flooding to Sonoma County in California in November 2024. An atmospheric river is a long plume of ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - An atmospheric river event that generated storm systems along the West Coast caused the partial collapse of Santa Cruz’s wharf and damaged several boats as a surge of water raced ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions – are shifting toward higher ...

including an outbreak of tornados expected from the Southern Plains to the Southeast and an atmospheric river in the Northwest. Millions of people were under tornado watches on Saturday in eastern ...