Hot air holds more moisture. That's why you can blow your hair dry even after a steamy shower. It's also what dumps rain in ...

Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events—such as atmospheric rivers—by 2100, with implications for future ...

Higher temperatures caused by climate change are driving complex processes that make droughts bigger and more severe, new ...

A new study shows that rising ‘atmospheric thirst’ is responsible for about 40% of the increase in drought severity over the ...

Everyone knows what a river is, but do you know about the concept of an atmospheric river? The majority of water vapor ...

Parts of North Carolina still recovering from Helene could see 5 inches of rain. Flash flooding concerns stretched into ...

Atmospheric rivers are more typical in the West, but this one may bring flooding rainfall and severe storms to the Southeast, Florida and southern Appalachia.

Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow streams of very moist air that act like a firehose to send gushing rain or snow where they point. They happen frequently around the globe, but are most well ...

Story by Taylor Heckart, KFSK. Petersburg, Ketchikan, Haines, and Skagway all received record amounts of rainfall in May.