For a long time, they were colloquially ... the Mississippi or Amazon River. Swain believes that one reason people are suddenly hearing about atmospheric rivers more is because those who ...
As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, one ... wetter and more frequent in the past 45 years as the world warms, according to a comprehensive study of atmospheric ...
A new study finds that atmospheric rivers — the heavy rain and wind events most known for dousing California and other parts of the West — have been getting bigger, wetter and more frequent in the ...
The latest atmospheric river arrived on Wednesday in the Bay Area with damaging winds bringing down trees, the threat of thunderstorms, and possible snow in the highest peaks.