Multiple access points along the American River, as well as the Sacramento River, within the Sacramento County Regional Parks ...

Heavy precipitation is falling mostly in mountain areas. A flood watch in also in effect for the coast of central California, ...

While the wet weather may bring an end to a devastating run of wildfires in the state, it could also cause flooding and other hazards.

Both reservoirs have been steadily rising since November, after the start of California's water year in October. A series of ...

A persistent trough of low pressure has parked itself along the Pacific Northwest. As it spins counterclockwise it is pumping ...

A stronger atmospheric river is set to hit Northern California on Monday and then hit L.A. County on Tuesday, aiding hopes of ...

Places like California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Nevada are (somewhat) used to this sort of phenomenon. You can ...

An atmospheric river is a long, narrow band of moisture that oftentimes comes ahead of a storm system. It's a big source of moisture for the Western U.S. and, specifically, the Sierra Nevada and ...

The West Coast is in the middle of a long-lasting and potent atmospheric river event, which will bring days of heavy rain and ...

Snow Sunday afternoon in the First Hill area of Seattle, WA, part of multi-day Atmospheric River event (Video Credit: ...

Skiers may delight in the snow forecast, but the latest in a series of atmospheric rivers threatens to bring flooding and ...

You may have heard meteorologists using the phrases "atmospheric river" and "Pineapple Express" when talking about wet weather in California, but what do they really mean?