Atmospheric rivers are more common during the winter months, but officials are warning people not to let their guard down.

A series of atmospheric river events during the winter and spring have caused reservoirs to swell to more than 118% than is ...

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

A new study reveals how an atmospheric river led to more devastation after two earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, ...

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

Listen to Story In drought-stricken California, such storms have triggered mudslides In 2021, an atmospheric river dumped a month's worth of rain in two days The weather system occurs all over the ...

A view of the California drought map as of April 10, 2025.

Explainer-What Are Atmospheric Rivers and Why Do They Cause Flooding? (Reuters) -Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding ...

Atmospheric river storms are drought busters in California, dumping huge amounts of rain in narrow corridors within short periods of time. The ongoing storm slamming Los Angeles, the nation's ...

(Reuters) -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.

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