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

The National Weather Service (NWS) said Friday that California and Oregon will see a "flooding threat" this weekend because of an atmospheric river hitting the region. The potential for flooding ...

Widespread rain and stormy conditions are expected across much of California this ... including flooding, surf, snow and wind warnings as an atmospheric river is set to drench the West Coast ...

Southern California was under water less than a year ago. A siege of torrential rain from atmospheric rivers started in ...

Southern California was under water less than a year ago. A siege of torrential rain from atmospheric rivers started ... the state into periods of biblical flooding or landscape-scorching drought.

A series of atmospheric river-fueled storms are pounding the West with powerful winds, drenching rain, heavy mountain snow ...

A heavy wet season in California’s past winters spurred more grass and brush, which then dried out quickly last summer. Those ...

Southern California was under water less than a year ago. A siege of torrential rain from atmospheric rivers started in December and reached a crescendo ... A person holding an umbrella watches the ...

Two men row a boat in front of a flooded RV park after an extreme atmospheric river event brought flooding to Sonoma County in California in November 2024. An atmospheric river is a long plume of ...

(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 ...