In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage. According to experts who study climate and weather, a few reasons may explain why.

An atmospheric river will continue to impact the West Coast over the next 24 hours. A record amount of moisture is hitting the Pacific Northwest as the powerful system continues to bring heavy ...

According to Porter, this atmospheric river will be "unusually potent" and moisture-laden. The tropical moisture being dumped on the East Coast has travelled some 2,000 miles from the Caribbean Sea.

The environmental impacts are substantial. Dredging rivers destroys estuaries and habitats and exacerbates flooding. Scraping coastal ecosystems churns up vegetation, soil and seabeds and disrupts ...

Atmospheric rivers provide the moisture, and the bomb cyclone provides the intensity and increased winds. The major event this week has rainfall totals upwards of 10-20 inches in some spots.

Rising rivers prompt flood warnings along Oregon-Washington border, nearby coasts By OPB staff (OPB) PORTLAND, Ore. Dec. 5, 2023 8:14 a.m.

Atmospheric river causes flooding on Oregon coast The API failed to deliver the resource. Hours of rainfall up and down the Oregon coast caused rivers to swell and roads to be covered in water.

But early April’s was special, a Category 5. “This was an exceptional atmospheric river, regardless of where you are in the United States,” said Jay Cordeira, an atmospheric scientist with ...

A large area of low pressure in the northeastern Pacific is driving atmospheric river pulses, one after another, into the U.S. West Coast, said Chad Hecht, a research meteorologist with the Center ...