Atmospheric rivers are more common during the winter months, but officials are warning people not to let their guard down.

With Easter weekend kicking off the first big outdoor getaway for many, campers and travelers face heightened risks from ...

Travellers along Highway 8 between Spences Bridge and Merritt should be prepared for daytime closures of the highway between ...

Snowfall and more rain from an atmospheric river slowed traffic and caused crashes ... according to the California Highway Patrol. The wet storm in the National Weather Service's forecast arrived ...

When a bomb cyclone meets an atmospheric river, the result is like an out-of-control fire hose A powerful storm hitting the West Coast combines these weather phenomena for a wet week in many areas.

Here's an explanation of how they form, their size and potential impacts. WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? The weather system occurs all over the world. It starts when a large amount of water vapor ...

Relentless thunderstorms continued to drench hard-hit parts of the central U.S., threatening "catastrophic" flooding.

"That moisture plume, known as an atmospheric river, will be tropical in nature and originate from the Caribbean," AccuWeather Senior Storm Warning Meteorologist William Clark said in the report.

That being said, meteorologists are eyeing a potential atmospheric river that could sweep through ... The weather service issued a beach hazards statement at 8 a.m. Sunday that’s slated to ...

Map of Sierra Nevada in California showing how an atmospheric river develops. Most atmospheric rivers are weak and do not cause damage. In fact, they can provide much-needed rain or snow.