The term "100-year flood" implies that the event is a rare occurrence; however, dozens of such storms have inundated the ...

The atmospheric river is part of what AccuWeather called the ‘stormiest stretch of winter’ which began earlier this week and has affected 40 US states and 200 million residents.

Atmospheric River Kills 18. Victims of the recent floods include a 57-year-old man in Missouri, a 5-year-old boy in Arkansas, and several others in Kentucky, where Mayor Craig Greenberg of ...

"The name, 'atmospheric river,' is very fitting," Kalansky told CBS 8 in an interview last year. "It's literally a river in the sky. Instead of water in a stream, it's water vapor in an elongated ...

Meteorologist Cliff Mass says the Seattle area will be hit with a “significant atmospheric river event,” bringing especially heavy precipitation to the mountains and South Sound areas through ...

An exceptionally powerful atmospheric river fueled the deadly early April flooding disaster in the central and southern United States — a historic flood event and a poignant example of how the ...

Atmospheric rivers happen all over the planet, but a Pineapple Express refers to a specific recurring atmospheric river that hits the U.S. West Coast.

An atmospheric river is a large plume of moisture that is transported by tropical winds. These large channels of water can get over 300 miles wide and can stretch to over 1,000 miles long.

Chance of strong atmospheric river storm grows, as does risk of mudslides in L.A. burn scars. ... a climatologist with the center who was author of the latest map.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A second atmospheric river has arrived in Central California. Stay with ABC30 for live updates. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 8:00 p.m. At the time of this writing: 81 Tulare County ...

The recent atmospheric river measurements help inform changes to water control manuals for area dams, building on an agreement reached between operators of Oroville and New Bullards Bar dams ...

As of Monday morning, a flood map from the National Water Center showed that 18 river gauges have documented a location that was in major flooding. There were 57 locations in moderate flooding and ...