Coast Guard rescue missions failing after running into unexpected currents. Surprise atmospheric river storms flooding downtown San Francisco. Seafood contaminated by unseen algal blooms. California ...

The Argo program collects data vital to global weather forecasting and developing seasonal scale forecasts like El Niño and La Niña, for producing drought forecasts across the U.S., and for mapping ...

The Argo program collects data vital to global weather forecasting and developing seasonal scale forecasts like El Niño and ...

Vermont was the first state to try to hold polluters accountable for climate disasters. New research aims to assign specific ...

Many National Weather Service offices have seen staff reductions of 20% to 40%, limiting forecasting ability, especially in ...

The Delta faces a funding crisis to repair and maintain levees. If ruptured, it could endanger half a million people and ...

As winter storms soaked California in early 2023, the Sacramento River swelled toward flood stage. Levees protecting large ... "You have rising sea level, increasing winter storms and atmospheric ...

Most atmospheric rivers are weak and do not cause damage. In fact, they can provide much-needed rain or snow. Listen to Story In drought-stricken California, such storms have triggered mudslides In ...

Atmospheric rivers are more common during the winter months, but officials are warning people not to let their guard down.

As winter storms soaked California in early 2023, the Sacramento River swelled toward flood stage. Levees protecting large ... increasing winter storms and atmospheric rivers, and the longer it’s been ...

WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? It starts when a large amount of water vapor from tropical oceans is carried by a jet stream ...

In 2019, an atmospheric river nicknamed the "Pineapple Express" hit California. The water vapor ... prompting deadly floods and landslides, devastating communities and severing access to Canada's ...