Can California catch and store more rain in reservoirs? It's not possible to capture every bit of water that falls in the state and save it for later, said Jay Lund, ...

A colossal amount of rain and snow has fallen on California over the past few months from a dozen atmospheric rivers: more than 78 trillion gallons of water and counting. It's not the wettest year ...

Rain moved into Southern California Wednesday as back-to-back storms dancing off the coastline are forecast to bring successive rounds of precipitation into the weekend, according to the National ...

This week's rain comes amid one of the driest starts to the water year in Southern California in modern history. The bone-dry brush, low humidity and Santa Ana winds in January created a ...

The Cosumnes River in Northern California exceeded flood stage and was expected to crest at 15.5 feet by Saturday night. Parts of the state have already had up to seven inches of rain from Friday ...

The lack of rain came as seven separate Santa Ana wind events hit Southern California in January alone, Tardy said, a dangerous combination in creating fire weather conditions as the air and ...

A welcome early season deluge of rain in California has not ended the drought which persists in other parts of the West as well. The warming climate makes it harder to replenish rivers and reservoirs.

Just another rainy day to others is a much bigger story, here.

Much more rain will be required to further lift California out of its drought conditions, however. Cars pass through a flooded section of road December 19, 2002 in Mill Valley, California.

Scientists say climate change has amplified California’s intense climate — making the dry spells drier and the wet periods wetter, without either season fully counteracting the other’s effects.