Atmospheric rivers can carry up to 15 times the volume of the Mississippi River, according to the National Oceanic and ...

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

The states were hit hard by severe flooding over the weekend after an atmospheric river dumped torrential rain on the region.

At least 18 people have died in what the National Weather Service (NWS) has called "catastrophic flooding" that hit the South ...

Days of near-constant rain resulted in record precipitation totals for some Kentucky counties. Rainfall totals were mostly in line with the National Weather Service's forecasts, with more than a foot ...