The San Juan Creek in California was flowing uncontrollably on Friday after an atmospheric rain that hit Southern California ...

While most people were trying to stay out of the rain on Thursday, a group of researchers was out in the thick of it ...

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...

After a few overperforming systems that benefitted Utah’s northern half, an incoming atmospheric river is slated to blast all ...

The weather phenomena are common for California winters, but they could cause dangerous debris flows or mudslides in recently ...

Most of the California coast is under a flood alert as torrential rain and mountain snow intensified over California Thursday ...

The normal rainfall amount for this point in the water year is 11.72 inches, she said. The above-average rainfall totals come in the wake of atmospheric river systems that have dumped rain on ...

however the average atmospheric river carries an amount of water vapor "roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River." Strong atmospheric rivers can ...

Along with much-needed water to the state’s reservoirs, the precipitation also brings dangerous driving conditions and the threat of local flooding.

An atmospheric river has arrived in the Bay Area, with moderate to heavy rain expected to continue, along with increasing winds and thunderstorm chances.

"California will be impacted by yet another atmospheric river this rainy season, delivering moisture to areas that have seen little of it this year," noted AccuWeather Meteorologist Jacob Hinson.