A powerful storm is soaking Northern California and Oregon, bringing high winds and flood risk. It's known as an atmospheric river. A big question is if climate change is making these storms worse.

It’s not necessarily that climate change created this storm — it could have happened independent of all the extra carbon that humanity has pumped into the atmosphere — but there are some ...

An AccuWeather forecast map showed states in the "high" risk zone for Friday included parts of Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana.

Atmospheric rivers are essentially rivers in the sky that collect moisture from tropical areas and redistribute the water to higher latitudes. The storm is ... of weather and climate factors ...

Unlike heat waves and floods, research on climate change and tornadoes is still in its infancy. An enormous supercell thunderstorm ... to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data ...

There's a chance for thunderstorms every day this week in Bay County, some could be severe. Here's a look ahead at the ...

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 couple reasons may ...

Our changing climate ... Atmospheric rivers are typically driven forward by the evaporation of ocean waters, which temporarily cools the atmosphere providing the propulsion for the storm.

At the back of the plane, another colleague dropped slim, cylindrical instruments through a chute, into the brewing storm below ... is that as the atmosphere warms with climate change, it will ...

A wide-reaching storm boosted by an atmospheric river was drenching the entire East Coast Wednesday with heavy rain and strong winds. The storm’s worst sloppy mess of heavy rain and strong winds ...