In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of currents carries vast amounts of warm, salty surface water northward. As this water ...

This atmospheric river of moisture is not a new phenomenon, but its name is, having been adopted into the meteorology canon after being first proposed in 1994. Similar to rivers running along the ...

That breaks the old record of 1.73 inches, which was set in 1897. The Baltimore area could see more showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into the evening as an atmospheric river moves over the mid ...

A Maryland school required evacuation by rescue boats and a child died in Virginia as an unrelenting atmospheric river pounded multiple eastern states with heavy ...

ARLINGTON, Va. − A sprawling atmospheric river that hammered the Southeast with up to a foot of rain was sweeping through the Mid-Atlantic states Tuesday, driving multiple inches of rain and the ...

ARLINGTON, Va. − A sprawling atmospheric river that hammered the Southeast with up to a foot of rain was sweeping through the Mid-Atlantic states Tuesday, driving multiple inches of rain and the ...

Much like a conveyer belt, an atmospheric river transports moisture from the tropical and subtropical oceans and dumps it as rain or snow in cooler regions. These long, narrow bands of concentrated ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An atmospheric river event is bringing the heaviest rainfall Florida has seen since winter, with widespread downpours expected to continue over the next several days.

Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina are forecast to see most of the effects of the atmospheric river. The chances of rain in the area "will increase later this weekend ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says an "atmospheric river" event is set to hit Florida and other parts of the Southeast. The... A jet stream over the Gulf of Mexico will ...