You may have heard of atmospheric rivers in the news lately due to the intense rainfall and flooding along the U.S. West Coast. These naturally occurring air currents can bring both severe disruption ...

A series of atmospheric rivers is expected to bring significant rainfall to Shasta County over the Christmas holiday. These weather systems are a major source of extreme rain and snow for the Western ...

The daughter of former NOAA research scientist, Wenhao Dong, posed that exact question to her father when she was in first grade. “She was listening to the report about an atmospheric river over ...