The deadly, widespread flooding disaster that plunged parts of the central and southern United States underwater in early ...

In fact, he says, these seem to date back to the 1940s during World War II when meteorologists were advising Allied forces in the North Atlantic Theater. Atmospheric river, he says, is similar.

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

WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? The weather system occurs all over ... They most commonly form in mid-latitude oceans, roughly 30 and 60 degrees north and south, according to NASA.

Colorado State University predicts above-normal hurricane activity with more and stronger storms than average. Here’s what NC ...

Several tropical storms are expected further north ... Atlantic is still warmer than normal. A warm Atlantic favors an ...

"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.

Over the next decade, the Subtropical North Atlantic is expected to experience significant changes in deep water properties, with warmer, saltier waters potentially reaching the region.