Thousands of acres have been burned in Los Angeles, and the burn scars could flood easily should a moisture-laden storm hit.

Forecasters warn of dangerous conditions as another powerful atmospheric river takes aim at California. While these storms are dreaded for the damage they can cause, they are also essential to the ...

The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A ...

A strong atmospheric river was making landfall in the Pacific ... strong winds and potentially dangerous surf in areas from Northern California to British Columbia. Atmospheric rivers are long ...

In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that day in ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions – are shifting toward higher ...

California’s first snowpack measurement of 2025 on Thursday showed promising figures for the water year, complemented by high storage levels in some of the state’s most critical reservoirs. However, ...

The fires devastating Los Angeles neighborhoods are just the latest reminder of Southern California’s vulnerability to ...