In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage.

The storm, driven by the season’s first major atmospheric river, inundated the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, ...

An atmospheric river storm dumped five months of rain in four days over Sonoma County, Calif., north of San Francisco. NBC ...

Atmospheric rivers have been gaining a lot of media traction lately. But while atmospheric rivers have played an integral ...

LOS ANGELES - Southern California braced as an atmospheric river that’s brought heavy rainfall and flooding to the West ...

They're invisible to the naked eye. The water is moved over the ocean in the form of water vapor, not a "river" in the way we think of them on land. They tend to move through the atmosphere in streams ...

David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com The first atmospheric river of the season will dump a deluge of rain on ...

They can transport water vapor at a rate that’s up to 15 times the average flow of the Mississippi River, resulting in rain and snow. For the West Coast of the U.S., atmospheric rivers provide ...

Meteorologists monitor them, but the ability to predict exactly how an atmospheric river might behave based on its underlying physics would offer more precise forecasts. In a paper published Nov. 4 in ...

“The previous atmospheric river event resulted in additional work to ensure the safety of the public through the side,” the ministry said in an email statement to the Ha-shilth-sa. “As a result, the ...

U.S. News // 8 hours ago Life-threatening floods predicted as 'atmospheric river' pounds Calif., Pacific N.W. Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Areas of northern California and the Pacific Northwest were drenched ...