Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include ...

Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture that extend across the Pacific to near Hawaii. When they hit land they can cause ...

An expert at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon that can wreak havoc across California.

These "rivers in the sky" have been responsible for as much as 65% of the West's extreme rain and snow events, a 2017 study said. AccuWeather warned of possible flooding, avalanches, strong ...

Atmospheric rivers – sometimes referred to as "rivers in the sky" – are long, narrow tracts of the Earth’s atmosphere that gather moisture from the tropics near the equator and sweep it ...

Atmospheric rivers are a "long, narrow region in the atmosphere—like rivers in the sky—that transport most of the water vapor outside of the tropics," according to the National Oceanic and ...