According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), "atmospheric rivers are long, flowing regions of the atmosphere that carry water vapor through the sky. They are about 250 ...

His team had bullied into Hurricane Helene’s eye when he noticed on radar that the storm looked like it was dripping ...

This story appears in the spring 2025 issue of UC San Diego Magazine as “Taking Flight.” ...

A decade before the Klamath Dams were removed, NOAA and other partners removed dams on the Elwha River in Washington State.

A dangerous storm stretching 1,000 miles along the Eastern Seaboard will bring torrential rain to the Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday.

A study co-led by Irina Gorodetskaya, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research ...

These atmospheric rivers are similar to how rivers carry water across land. The NOAA says they are like "rivers in the sky." ...

Of those storms, the federal weather agency forecasts that six to 10 will be hurricanes — with three to five of them major.