Thousands of acres have been burned in Los Angeles, and the burn scars could flood easily should a moisture-laden storm hit.

(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 ...

For some parts of Monterey County, new safeguards against flooding are especially urgent. In Pajaro, the community of largely ...

How dry is it in Southern California? See the drought levels and recent rainfall totals for several counties in the region.

Global warming changed the behavior of the jet stream, and a new pattern is now clear: sapping moisture from the West Coast ...

The last two winters in southern California atmospheric rivers dumped massive ... pulled from its habitat in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta, which some say should be used for farmers ...